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Molecular characterization of Plasmodium vivax clinical isolates in Pakistan and Iran using pvmsp-1, pvmsp-3alpha and pvcsp genes as molecular markers.
Parasitology international - 1 Mar 2010
Zakeri Sedigheh, Raeisi Ahmad, Afsharpad Mandana, Kakar Qutbuddin, Ghasemi Faezeh, Atta Hoda, Zamani Ghasem, Memon Muhammad Suleiman, Salehi Masoud, Djadid Navid Dinparast
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In this study, the diversity of Plasmodium vivax populations circulating in Pakistan and Iran has been investigated by using circumsporozoite protein (csp) and merozoite surface proteins 1 and 3alpha (msp-1 and msp-3alpha) genes as genetic markers. Infected P. vivax blood samples were collected from Pakistan (n=187) and Iran (n=150) during April to October 2008, and were analyzed using nested-PCR/RFLP and...
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