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Microsatellite characterization of Plasmodium falciparum from symptomatic and non-symptomatic infections from the Western Amazon reveals the existence of non-symptomatic infection-associated genotypes.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Jun 2007
dalla Martha Rosimeire Cristina, Tada Mauro Sughiro, Ferreira Ricardo Godoi de Mattos, da Silva Luiz Hildebrando Pereira, Wunderlich Gerhard
Abstract excerpt
In Western Amazon areas with perennial malaria transmission, long term residents frequently develop partial immunity to malarial infection caused either by Plasmodium falciparum or P. vivax, resulting in a considerable number of non-symptomatically infected individuals. For yet unknown reasons, t...
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