Open AccessPlasmodium malariae and Plasmodium ovale infections and their association with common red blood cell polymorphisms in a highly endemic area of Uganda
Author(s) -
Lorenzo Subissi,
Bernard N. Kanoi,
Betty Balikagala,
Thomas G. Egwang,
Mary C. Oguike,
Federica Verra,
Carla Proietti,
Teun Bousema,
Chris Drakeley,
Nuno Sepúlveda
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1878-3503
pISSN - 0035-9203
DOI - 10.1093/trstmh/trz015
Subject(s) - plasmodium ovale , plasmodium falciparum , plasmodium malariae , malaria , odds ratio , biology , genotyping , population , immunology , medicine , genotype , virology , plasmodium vivax , genetics , environmental health , gene
Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium malariae infections are scarcely studied in sub-Saharan Africa, where the Plasmodium falciparum species predominates. The objective of this study is to investigate the prevalence of P. ovale and P. malariae infections and their relationship with common red blood cell polymorphisms in a cohort of 509 individuals from Uganda.
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