Article
Genotyping of Plasmodium falciparum isolates by the polymerase chain reaction and potential uses in epidemiological studies.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization - 1 Jan 1995
Viriyakosol S, Siripoon N, Petcharapirat C, Petcharapirat P, Jarra W, Thaithong S, Brown K N, Snounou G
Abstract excerpt
The epidemiology of malaria results from the interactions of three gene pools--parasite, human, and mosquito vector--with one another and with their environment. Methods are being developed for characterizing the genetics of human populations at risk and of potential vectors. The characterization of natural populations of Plasmodium and knowledge of their distribution within the human and insect hosts in any...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Epidemiologic Methods
- Genetics, Population
- Genotype
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Reproducibility of Results