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Low level of sequence diversity at merozoite surface protein-1 locus of Plasmodium ovale curtisi and P. ovale wallikeri from Thai isolates.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Putaporntip Chaturong, Hughes Austin L, Jongwutiwes Somchai
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The merozoite surface protein-1 (MSP-1) is a candidate target for the development of blood stage vaccines against malaria. Polymorphism in MSP-1 can be useful as a genetic marker for strain differentiation in malarial parasites. Although sequence diversity in the MSP-1 locus has been...
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