2. Genotypes of merozoite surface protein 2 of Plasmodium falciparum in Tanzania
- 1 February 1999
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 93 (Supplement) , 3-9
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-9203(99)90320-6
Abstract
The merozoite surface protein 2 (MSP2) of Plasmodium falciparum is extremely polymorphic: 82 different msp2 alleles were found in 4 studies of molecuKeywords
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