Genetic Diversity in the Circumsporozoite Protein Gene of Plasmodium falciparum from Major Endemic Regions of Iran

Circumsporozoite protein (CSP) is one of the stage specific antigens, which is used for the development of vaccines and to investigate the genetic diversity in Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite. Polymerase chain reaction was used for typing of CSP genes on 67 positive falciparum malaria patient...

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Main Authors: A Heidari, H Keshavarz, M Asmar, M Razavi, M Nateghpour, S Dittrich, T Jelinek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2006-09-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/2156