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Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum field isolates from south western Nigeria.
African health sciences - 1 Sept 2012
Olasehinde G I, Yah C S, Singh R, Ojuronbge O Olusola, Ajayi A A, Valecha N, Abolaji A O, Adeyeba A O
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Plasmodium falciparum the main causative agent of malaria is an important public health vector. With the use of PCR, its genetic diversity has been extensively studied with dearth information from Nigeria. METHODS: In this study, 100 P. falciparum strains merozoite surface protein 1(msp-1), merozoite surface protein 2 (msp-2) and Glutamate rich protein (Glurp) from Ogun State General Hospitals were...
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