Article
Temporal variation of the merozoite surface protein-2 gene of Plasmodium falciparum.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jan 1998
Eisen D, Billman-Jacobe H, Marshall V F, Fryauff D, Coppel R L
Abstract excerpt
Extensive polymorphism of key parasite antigens is likely to hamper the effectiveness of subunit vaccines against Plasmodium falciparum infection. However, little is known about the extent of the antigenic repertoire of naturally circulating strains in different areas where malaria is endemic. To...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigens, Protozoan
- Chromosome Mapping
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Protozoan
- Genome, Protozoan
- Humans
- Indonesia
- Malaria, Falciparum
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Parasitemia
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Protozoan Proteins