Naturally acquired antibodies to Plasmodium vivax blood-stage vaccine candidates (PvMSP-119 and PvMSP-3α359−798) and their relationship with hematological features in malaria patients from the Brazilian Amazon
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Analysis of the genetic variability of PvMSP-3α among Plasmodium vivax in Brazilian field isolates.
Reliable molecular markers are essential for a better understanding of the molecular epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax, which is a neglected human malaria parasite. The aim of this study was to analyze the genetic diversity of P. vivax isolates from the Brazilian Amazon using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis of the highly polymorphic merozoit...
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عنوان ژورنال: Microbes and Infection
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1286-4579
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2012.02.011