Merozoite surface protein-1 genetic diversity in Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium brasilianum from Brazil

BACKGROUND: The merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP1) gene encodes the major surface antigen of invasive forms of the Plasmodium erythrocytic stages and is considered a candidate vaccine antigen against malaria. Due to its polymorphisms, MSP1 is also useful for strain discrimination and consists of a g...

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Autores principales: Guimarães, Lilian O., Wunderlich, Gerhard, Alves, João M. P., Bueno, Marina G., Röhe, Fabio, Catão-Dias, José L., Neves, Amanda, Malafronte, Rosely S., Curado, Izilda, Domingues, Wilson, Kirchgatter, Karin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4647813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26572971
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1238-8

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