Article
Association of msp-1, msp-2 and pfcrt genes with the severe complications of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children.
Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology - 1 Jul 2008
Sahu P K, Pati S S, Satpathy R
Abstract excerpt
The pathogenesis of severe malaria is still not clearly understood and there are few substantial data describing the association of specific parasite genotypes with the severity of Plasmodium falciparum infection in humans. The merozoite surface proteins 1 and 2 (MSP-1 and MSP-2) of P. falciparum...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Animals
- Antigens, Protozoan
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Genes, Protozoan
- Genotype
- Humans
- India
- Infant
- Malaria, Falciparum
- Male
- Membrane Transport Proteins
- Merozoite Surface Protein 1
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic