Genetic diversity and differentiation in natural Plasmodium falciparum populations inferred by molecular typing of the merozoite surface proteins 1 and 2

Genetic diversity and differentiation, inferred by typing the polymorphic genes coding for the merozoite surface proteins 1 (Msp-1) and 2 (Msp-2), were compared for 345 isolates belonging to seven Plasmodium falciparum populations from three continents. Both loci yielded similar estimates of genetic...

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Main Authors: Fabrício J.T. Pereira, José A. Cordeiro, Erika H.E. Hoffmann, Marcelo U. Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2002-10-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822002000500018&tlng=en