Article
Plasmodium falciparum: sickle-cell trait is associated with higher prevalence of multiple infections in Gabonese children with asymptomatic infections.
Experimental parasitology - 1 Sept 1997
Ntoumi F, Mercereau-Puijalon O, Ossari S, Luty A, Reltien J, Georges A, Millet P
Abstract excerpt
Through PCR amplifications of the gene encoding the merozoite surface antigen 2, utilizing allele-specific 3D7 and FC27 probes, we have examined the prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum in children aged from 7 to 14 years living in a village located in the equatorial forest region of Central Afric...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Alleles
- Animals
- Antigens, Protozoan
- Antigens, Surface
- Child
- Cohort Studies
- Gabon
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Malaria, Falciparum
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Prevalence
- Protozoan Proteins
- Sickle Cell Trait