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Genetic diversity of Plasmodium vivax clinical isolates from southern Pakistan using pvcsp and pvmsp1 genetic markers.
Malaria journal - 11 Jan 2013
Raza Afsheen, Ghanchi Najia K, Thaver Ali M, Jafri Sana, Beg Mohammad A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Plasmodium vivax is the prevalent malarial species accounting for 70% of malaria burden in Pakistan; however, there is no baseline data on the circulating genotypes. Studies have shown that polymorphic loci of gene encoding antigens pvcsp and pvmsp1 can be used reliably for conducting molecular epidemiological studies. Therefore, this study aimed to bridge the existing knowledge gap on population...
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