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Age-dependent carriage of multiple Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface antigen-2 alleles in asymptomatic malaria infections.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Jan 1995
Ntoumi F, Contamin H, Rogier C, Bonnefoy S, Trape J F, Mercereau-Puijalon O
Abstract excerpt
Genetic diversity of the merozoite surface antigen-2 gene of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum has been analyzed in a Senegalese village where malaria is holoendemic. A cross-sectional survey of 65 residents was performed in 1992 during the high transmission season. Plasmodium falciparum was detected both by microscopy (77% positive samples) and DNA amplification using a single (29% or 38% positive...
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