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Population genetics, sequence diversity and selection in the gene encoding the Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen 1 in clinical isolates from the south-east of Iran.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2013
Mehrizi Akram Abouie, Sepehri Masoumeh, Karimi Fatemeh, Djadid Navid Dinparast, Zakeri Sedigheh
Abstract excerpt
The Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen1 (AMA1) is a leading malaria vaccine candidate antigen. In the present investigation, for the first time, the almost full length of the ama1 gene covering domain I (DI), DII and DIII was PCR amplified and sequenced in 21 P. falciparum isolates collected from the southeastern parts of Iran. The result showed the low genetic diversity of Iranian PfAMA1 with 11...
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