title: A PCR method for molecular epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum Msp-1.
abstract: Merozoite surface protein-1 (MSP-1) of Plasmodium falciparum is a strong malaria vaccine candidate. However, MSP-1 exhibits extensive antigenic polymorphism, an issue which may compromise the development of effective vaccine based on this molecule. Since polymorphic nature of MSP-1 has not been fully understood in endemic areas of malaria, variation of the MSP-1 gene (Msp-1) must be studied in detail in natural parasite populations. Here, a PCR-based method for determination of P. falciparum Msp-1 haplotype is described, which can detect up to 24 different haplotypes per infected person. The method can be applied to various purposes of molecular epidemiology of not only Msp-1 haplotype but the genetic structure of P. falciparum populations.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biology, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakihama
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saito-Ito
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D020066:Merozoite Surface Protein 1 / Q000235:genetics*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D011995:Recombination, Genetic
chemical_list: D020066:Merozoite Surface Protein 1