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The humoral response to Plasmodium falciparum VarO rosetting variant and its association with protection against malaria in Beninese children
BACKGROUND: The capacity of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes to bind uninfected erythrocytes (rosetting) is associated with severe malaria in African children. Rosetting is mediated by a subset of the variant surface antigens PfEMP1 targeted by protective antibody responses. Analysis of t...
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Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2959068/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20923548 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-267 |