Sympatric Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Venezuela have structured var gene repertoires

BACKGROUND: The human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum expresses adhesins belonging to the erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) family on the surface of the infected host erythrocyte. These antigens elicit a strain-specific antibody response that is associated with protection from disease....

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Autores principales: Tami, Adriana, Ord, Rosalynn, Targett, Geoffrey AT, Sutherland, Colin J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC155546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12737636
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-2-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC155546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12737636
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-2-7

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