Article
Global distribution of a variant of the circumsporozoite gene of Plasmodium vivax.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jul 1991
Kain K C, Keystone J, Franke E D, Lanar D E
Abstract excerpt
The global distribution of a newly described variant of the Plasmodium vivax circumsporozoite (CS) gene was determined by genetic analysis of wild isolates. Whole blood specimens were collected on filter paper from patients infected with P. vivax in South America. West Africa, and the Indian subc...
Topics
- Africa, Western
- Animals
- Antigens, Protozoan
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- DNA, Protozoan
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- India
- Malaria
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oligonucleotide Probes
- Plasmodium vivax
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Protozoan Proteins
- South America