Antigenic Diversity of the Plasmodium vivax Circumsporozoite Protein in Parasite Isolates of Western Colombia
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Variants of the Plasmodium vivax circumsporozoite protein (VK210 and VK247) in Colombian isolates.
Phenotypic diversity has been described in the central repeated region of the circumsporozoite protein (CSP) from Plasmodium vivax. Two sequences VK210 (common) and VK247 (variant) have been found widely distributed in P. vivax isolates from several malaria endemic areas around the world. A third protein variant called P. vivax-like showing a sequence similar to the simian parasite P. simiooval...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0002-9637,1476-1645
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.09-0785