EVALUATION OF CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN OF Plasmodium vivax TO ESTIMATE ITS PREVALENCE IN OIAPOQUE , AMAPÁ STATE, BRAZIL, BORDERING FRENCH GUIANA

EVALUATION OF CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN OF Plasmodium vivax TO ESTIMATE ITS PREVALENCE IN OIAPOQUE , AMAPÁ STATE, BRAZIL, BORDERING FRENCH GUIANA

SUMMARY Malaria is a major health problem for people who live on the border between Brazil and French Guiana. Here we discuss Plasmodium vivax distribution pattern in the town of Oiapoque, Amapá State using the circumsporozoite (CS) gene as a marker. Ninety-one peripheral blood samples from P. vivax...

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Main Authors: Margarete do Socorro Mendonça GOMES, José Luiz Fernandes VIEIRA, Gustavo Capatti CASSIANO, Lise MUSSET, Eric LEGRAND, Mathieu NACHER, Vanja Suely Calvosa D'Almeida COUTO, Ricardo Luiz Dantas MACHADO, Álvaro Augusto Ribeiro D'Almeida COUTO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Plasmodium vivax
Circumsporozoite protein
Brazil-French Guiana border
Genetic marker
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