Article
The epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax circumsporozoite protein polymorphs in Thailand.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Apr 1994
Suwanabun N, Sattabongkot J, Wirtz R A, Rosenberg R
Abstract excerpt
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) highly specific for the characteristic repeat units of the circumsporozoite proteins of the VK 247 and VK 210 polymorphs of Plasmodium vivax were used to test sporozoites produced by feeding mosquitoes on 1,711 human volunteers presenting at four locations in Thailand over five years. There was no evidence for the existence of any polymorph other than the two already...
Topics
- Adult
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigens, Protozoan
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Female
- Humans
- Malaria, Vivax
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phenotype