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Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Pahang, Malaysia based on MSP-1 and MSP-2 genes.
Parasites & vectors - 13 Dec 2011
Atroosh Wahib M, Al-Mekhlafi Hesham M, Mahdy Mohammed Ak, Saif-Ali Riyadh, Al-Mekhlafi Abdulsalam M, Surin Johari
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Malaria is still a public health problem in Malaysia especially in the interior parts of Peninsular Malaysia and the states of Sabah and Sarawak (East Malaysia). This is the first study on the genetic diversity and genotype multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum in Malaysia. METHODS: Seventy-five P. falciparum isolates were genotyped by using nested-PCR of MSP-1 (block 2) and MSP-2 (block 3). RESULTS:...
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