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Population structure of Plasmodium falciparum in villages with different malaria endemicity in east Africa.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Feb 1997
Babiker H A, Lines J, Hill W G, Walliker D
Abstract excerpt
We have compared allelic polymorphism of two merozoite surface protein genes, MSP-1 and MSP-2, of Plasmodium falciparum and the parasite load in infected individuals in two villages in east Africa. In Michenga village in Tanzania, malaria is holoendemic and transmission is perennial; in Asar village in Sudan, malaria is mesoendemic and transmission is markedly seasonal. The numbers of alleles of both genes were...
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