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Prevalence of Plasmodium vivax VK210 and VK247 subtype in Myanmar.
Malaria journal - 9 Jul 2010
Kim Tong-Soo, Kim Hyung-Hwan, Lee Sun-Sim, Na Byoung-Kuk, Lin Khin, Cho Shin-Hyeong, Kang Yoon-Joong, Kim Do-Kyung, Sohn Youngjoo, Kim Hyuck, Lee Hyeong-Woo
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BACKGROUND: Plasmodium vivax is divided into two subtypes, a dominant form, VK210 and a variant form, VK247. This division is dependent on the amino acid composition of the circumsporozoite (CS) protein. In this study, the prevalence of the VK247 variant form of P. vivax was investigated in Myanm...
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