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Genetic diversity of the malaria vaccine candidate merozoite surface protein 1 gene of Plasmodium vivax field isolates in Republic of Korea

Submitted by Kabogo on November 23, 2011 - 08:39
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Author(s): 
Eun-Taek Han, Yue Wang, Chae Seung Lim, Jun Hwi Cho & Jong-Yil Chai
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Parasitology Research, Volume 109, Number 6, 1571-1576, DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2413-5
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MalariaWorldThe Plasmodium vivax merozoite surface protein 1 (Pvmsp-1) locus codes for a major asexual blood-stage antigen currently proposed as a malaria vaccine candidate antigen.

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Short Report: Therapeutic Efficacy of Chloroquine in Plasmodium vivax and the pvmdr1 Polymorphisms in the Republic of Korea Under Mass Chemoprophylaxis

Submitted by patrick sampao on April 4, 2011 - 14:13
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Young Keun Kim, Changsoo Kim, Inho Park, Hyo Youl Kim, Jun Yong Choi, AND June Myung Kim
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Am J Trop Med Hyg, Apr 2011; 84: 532 - 534.
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We investigated the therapeutic efficacy of HCQ and the pvmdr1 gene polymorphisms in P. vivax. From June to September 2006, 102 soldiers with vivax malaria near the demilitarized zone in Gyeonggi-do, ROK, were enrolled in the study.

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Brief report: Emergence of New Alleles of the MSP-3{alpha} Gene in Plasmodium vivax Isolates from Korea

Submitted by patrick sampao on April 13, 2010 - 08:51
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Deok Hwa N., Jun Seo O., et al.
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American Journal of Tropical Medicine Hygiene, Vol 82 : 4, 2010, pp. 522-524
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Two new variants with similar size to SKOR-67 were first observed in 2002 and in 2006–2007 accounted for nearly 50% (25/51) of the sampled isolates.

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