Background Malaria infection can present with a wide variety of symptoms, ranging from
mild to severe. Plasmodium falciparum isolates in uncomplicated and severe malaria …

Plasmodium falciparum is the major cause of malaria morbidity and mortality in the world.
Biologic and antigenic diversity is a characteristic of this parasite and infections can consist …

Background Nigeria carries a high burden of malaria which makes continuous surveillance
for current information on genetic diversity imperative. In this study, the merozoite surface …

Background The genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum has been extensively studied in
various countries. However, limited data are available from Ethiopia. This study was …

Background The efficacy of anti-malarial drugs is assessed over a period of 28-63 days
(depending on the drugs' residence time) following initiation of treatment in order to capture …

Genetic characteristics of Plasmodium falciparum may play a role in the clinical severity of
malaria infection. We have studied the association between diversity at the merozoite …

Field populations of Plasmodium falciparum can be effectively genotyped by PCR‐
amplification of selected fragments of the Merozoite Surface Proteins 1 and 2 (MSP1 and …

Background Multiplicity and genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum infection might play
a role in determining the clinical outcome of malaria infection and could be a fair reflection of …

Abstract Background Understanding Plasmodium falciparum population diversity and
transmission dynamics provides information on the intensity of malaria transmission, which …

Background Genotyping malaria parasites to assess their diversity in different geographic
settings have become necessary for the selection of antigenic epitopes for vaccine …