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Genotyping of Plasmodium vivax infections in Sri Lanka using Pvmsp-3alpha and Pvcs genes as markers: a preliminary report.
Tropical biomedicine - 1 Aug 2008
Aresha M, Sanath M, Deepika F, Renu W, Anura B, Chanditha H, Wimaladharma A, Rajitha W
Abstract excerpt
Plasmodim vivax malaria accounts for more than 90% of malaria cases in Sri Lanka. There is limited information on the genetic heterogeneity of P. vivax in endemic areas of the country. Here we have assessed the potential of two P. vivax genes as genetic markers for their use in genotyping parasites collected from the field. DNA extracted from Geimsa-stained P. vivax positive slides were genotyped at two...
Topics
- Animals
- Antigens, Protozoan
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- Humans
- Malaria, Vivax
- Plasmodium vivax
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Protozoan Proteins
- Sri Lanka