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Different genetic characteristics of Plasmodium falciparum isolates collected during successive clinical malaria episodes in Senegalese children.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Jun 1996
Contamin H, Fandeur T, Rogier C, Bonnefoy S, Konate L, Trape J F, Mercereau-Puijalon O
Abstract excerpt
A narrow epidemiologic survey was conducted during a four-month period of intense malaria transmission in Dielmo, a holoendemic Senegalese village. Longitudinal clinical and parasitologic follow-up indicate that clinical malaria episodes always occurred after an abrupt increase in parasite densities. Polymerase chain reaction analysis of Plasmodium falciparum parasites was carried out in blood samples collected...
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