Article: Research on falciparum malaria described by R. Durand and colleagues.

"To investigate whether the severity of Plasmodium falciparum attack in endemic areas was associated with the multiplicity of infection (MOI) and/or with a particular genotype(s). In two areas of different malaria transmission pattern in Madagascar (Sainte-Marie - mesoendemic and Tsiroanomandidy - hypoendemic) the number and the proportions of msp-2 genotypes within isolates were determined for each patient using a capillary electrophoresis genotyping method," scientists in Bobigny, France report (see also Falciparum Malaria).

"DNA sequencing was performed to identify the msp-2 allelic family of dominant clones. Eighty six uncomplicated and 33 severe cases were ...

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