Article
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 falc...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Animals
- Antigens, Protozoan
- Antigens, Surface
- Base Sequence
- Carrier State
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Protozoan
- Female
- Genes, Protozoan