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The Antibody Response of Pregnant Cameroonian Women to VAR2CSA ID1-ID2a, a Small Recombinant Protein Containing the CSA-Binding Site

In pregnant women, Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes expressing the VAR2CSA antigen bind to chondroitin sulfate A in the placenta causing placental malaria. The binding site of VAR2CSA is present in the ID1-ID2a region. This study sought to determine if pregnant Cameroonian women naturally...

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Autores principales: Babakhanyan, Anna, Leke, Rose G. F., Salanti, Ali, Bobbili, Naveen, Gwanmesia, Philomina, Leke, Robert J. I., Quakyi, Isabella A., Chen, John J., Taylor, Diane Wallace
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3913775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24505415
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088173