Homology blocks of Plasmodium falciparum var genes and clinically distinct forms of severe malaria in a local population

BACKGROUND: The primary target of the human immune response to the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1), is encoded by the members of the hyper-diverse var gene family. The parasite exhibits antigenic variation via mutually exclusive expressio...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Rorick, Mary M, Rask, Thomas S, Baskerville, Edward B, Day, Karen P, Pascual, Mercedes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3827005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24192078
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-13-244

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3827005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24192078
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-13-244

Ejemplares similares