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
1998
Allelic diversity in the merozoite surface protein-1 and epidemiology of multiple-clone Plasmodium falciparum infections in northern Tanzania.
Ferreira M, Liu Q, Kimura M, Ndawi B, Tanabe K, Kawamoto F. Allelic diversity in the merozoite surface protein-1 and epidemiology of multiple-clone Plasmodium falciparum infections in northern Tanzania. Journal Of Parasitology 1998, 84: 1286-9. PMID: 9920333, DOI: 10.2307/3284693.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMerozoite surface protein 1MSP-1 gene typesSurface protein 1Type-specific polymerase chain reactionMajor malaria vaccine candidatePlasmodium falciparum infectionProtein 1Malaria vaccine candidateMsp-1 geneP. falciparum populationsMost patientsFalciparum infectionPolymerase chain reactionDistinct parasite populationsVaccine candidatesClinical isolatesAllelic typesGene typesPlasmodium falciparumNorthern TanzaniaChain reactionPatientsEpidemiological consequencesRecent findingsParasite populationsAllelic 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