Article
Detection of high frequency of MAD20 allelic variants of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 gene from Adama and its surroundings, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Malaria journal - 27 Sept 2021
File Temesgen, Chekol Tsegaye, Solomon Gezahegn, Dinka Hunduma, Golassa Lemu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: One of the major challenges in developing an effective vaccine against asexual stages of Plasmodium falciparum is genetic polymorphism within parasite population. Understanding the genetic polymorphism like block 2 region of merozoite surface protein-1 (msp-1) gene of P. falciparum en...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Ethiopia
- Female
- Humans
- Infant
- Malaria, Falciparum
- Male
- Merozoite Surface Protein 1
- Middle Aged
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Prevalence
- Young Adult