Sequence Variation in the Small-Subunit rRNA Gene of Plasmodium malariae and Prevalence of Isolates with the Variant Sequence in Sichuan, China
Liu Q, Zhu S, Mizuno S, Kimura M, Liu P, Isomura S, Wang X, Kawamoto F. Sequence Variation in the Small-Subunit rRNA Gene of Plasmodium malariae and Prevalence of Isolates with the Variant Sequence in Sichuan, China. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 1998, 36: 3378-3381. PMID: 9774600, PMCID: PMC105336, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.11.3378-3381.1998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStable Patterns of Allelic Diversity at the Merozoite Surface Protein‐1 Locus of Plasmodium falciparum in Clinical Isolates from Southern Vietnam
Ferreira M, Liu Q, Zhou M, Kimura M, Kaneko O, Van Thien H, Isomura S, Tanabe K, Kawamoto F. Stable Patterns of Allelic Diversity at the Merozoite Surface Protein‐1 Locus of Plasmodium falciparum in Clinical Isolates from Southern Vietnam. Journal Of Eukaryotic Microbiology 1998, 45: 131-136. PMID: 9495041, DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb05080.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasmodium falciparumFrequency-dependent immune selectionSame endemic areaMerozoite surface protein-1 locusSymptomatic patientsParasite populationsPolymerase chain reactionArea 17Endemic areasMesoendemic areaGene typesClinical isolatesAllelic typesPatientsImmune selectionDifferent gene typesChain reactionDistinct subpopulationsFalciparumPresent studyProtein-1 locusIsolatesPopulationPrevalenceAverage number