Plasmodium falciparum variant erythrocyte surface antigens: a pilot study of antibody acquisition in recurrent natural infections

BACKGROUND: During intra-erythrocytic replication Plasmodium falciparum escapes the human host immune system by switching expression of variant surface antigens (VSA). Piecemeal acquisition of variant specific antibody responses to these antigens as a result of exposure to multiple re-infections has...

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Autores principales: Schieck, Elise, Poole, E. Jane, Rippert, Anja, Peshu, Judy, Sasi, Philip, Borrmann, Steffen, Bull, Peter C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5678811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29115961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-2097-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5678811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29115961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-2097-0

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