Article
Plasmodium falciparum genotypes diversity in symptomatic malaria of children living in an urban and a rural setting in Burkina Faso.
Malaria journal - 20 Jun 2009
Soulama Issiaka, Nébié Issa, Ouédraogo Alphonse, Gansane Adama, Diarra Amidou, Tiono Alfred B, Bougouma Edith C, Konaté Amadou T, Kabré Gustave B, Taylor Walter Rj, Sirima Sodiomon B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The clinical presentation of malaria, considered as the result of a complex interaction between parasite and human genetics, is described to be different between rural and urban areas. The analysis of the Plasmodium falciparum genetic diversity in children with uncomplicated malaria, living in these two different areas, may help to understand the effect of urbanization on the distribution of P....
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