Population structure of Plasmodium falciparum in villages with different malaria endemicity in east Africa.

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.141

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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 vill...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Anopheles
Antigens, Protozoan
Antigens, Surface
Child
Female
Gene Frequency
Genotype
Humans
Insect Bites and Stings
Insect Vectors
Malaria, Falciparum
Merozoite Surface Protein 1
Plasmodium falciparum
Poisson Distribution
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Genetic

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PMID: 9080871
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.141

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