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High polymorphism in Plasmodium vivax merozoite surface protein-5 (MSP5).
Parasitology - 1 Dec 2006
Gomez A, Suarez C F, Martinez P, Saravia C, Patarroyo M A
Abstract excerpt
A key issue relating to developing multi-component anti-malarial vaccines, lies in studying Plasmodium vivax surface proteins' genetic variation. The present work was aimed at amplifying, cloning and sequencing the gene encoding P. vivax merozoite surface protein 5 (PvMSP5) in samples obtained from infected patients from Colombian areas having varying malaria transmission rates. Nucleotide sequence data reported...
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