Variants of the Plasmodium vivax circumsporozoite protein (VK210 and VK247) in Colombian isolates

Variants of the Plasmodium vivax circumsporozoite protein (VK210 and VK247) in Colombian isolates

Phenotypic diversity has been described in the central repeated region of the circumsporozoite protein (CSP) from Plasmodium vivax. Two sequences VK210 (common) and VK247 (variant) have been found widely distributed in P. vivax isolates from several malaria endemic areas around the world. A third pr...

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Main Authors: JM González, S Hurtado, M Arévalo-Herrera, S Herrera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2001-07-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Plasmodium vivax
sporozoites
Anopheles
Colombia
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762001000500023

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