2002
Wide distribution of Plasmodium ovale in Myanmar
Win T, Lin K, Mizuno S, Zhou M, Liu Q, Ferreira M, Tantular I, Kojima S, Ishii A, Kawamoto F. Wide distribution of Plasmodium ovale in Myanmar. Tropical Medicine And International Health 2002, 7: 231-239. PMID: 11903985, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00857.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolymerase chain reactionPlasmodium ovaleP. ovaleP. ovale-infected patientsThin smearsPCR-positive patientsPlasmodium ovale infectionNested polymerase chain reactionHuman malaria parasiteSingle-species infectionsOvale infectionsP. malariaeQuadruple infectionsP. vivaxBlood samplesP. falciparumOvaleMalaria parasitesPatientsPlasmodium speciesInfectionChain reactionMolecular diagnosis
2000
Sequence diversity of serine repeat antigen gene exon II of Plasmodium falciparum in worldwide collected wild isolates.
Liu Q, Ferreira M, Ndawi B, Ohmae H, Adagu I, Morikawa T, Horii T, Isomura S, Kawamoto F. Sequence diversity of serine repeat antigen gene exon II of Plasmodium falciparum in worldwide collected wild isolates. The Southeast Asian Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Public Health 2000, 31: 808-17. PMID: 11414433.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
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 ResearchAllelic diversity at the merozoite surface protein-1 locus of Plasmodium falciparum in clinical isolates from the southwestern Brazilian Amazon.
Ferreira M, Liu Q, Kaneko O, Kimura M, Tanabe K, Kimura E, Katzin A, Isomura S, Kawamoto F. Allelic diversity at the merozoite surface protein-1 locus of Plasmodium falciparum in clinical isolates from the southwestern Brazilian Amazon. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 1998, 59: 474-80. PMID: 9749647, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.474.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMalaria-endemic areasSymptomatic malaria patientsAllelic typesMalaria patientsHypoendemic areaPolymerase chain reactionClinical isolatesP. falciparumMerozoite surface protein 1 geneGene typesPlasmodium falciparumProtein 1 geneVariable blocks 2Chain reactionPlasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 geneMerozoite surface protein-1 locusDirect sequencingContradictory dataFalciparumDistinct clonesIsolatesBlock 2Variable blocks