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Multiplicity of infection of Plasmodium knowlesi in Malaysia: an application of Pkmsp-1 block IV.
Tropical biomedicine - 1 Sept 2023
Noordin N R, Azhar A, Lau Y L, Cheong F W, Fong M Y
Abstract excerpt
In Malaysia presently, the main cause of human malaria is by the zoonotic monkey parasite Plasmodium knowlesi. A previous study has suggested that the P. knowlesi merozoite surface protein 1 (Pkmsp-1) block IV to be a suitable multiplicity of infection (MOI) genotyping marker for knowlesimalaria. This study therefore aimed to investigate the usefulness of Pkmsp-1 block IV in assessing the MOI of P. knowlesi in...
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