Plasmodium falciparum genetic variation of var2csa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

BACKGROUND: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) bears a high burden of malaria, which is exacerbated in pregnant women. The VAR2CSA protein plays a crucial role in pregnancy-associated malaria (PAM), and hence quantifying diversity at the var2csa locus in the DRC is important in understanding...

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Autores principales: Verity, Robert, Hathaway, Nicholas J., Waltmann, Andreea, Doctor, Stephanie M., Watson, Oliver J., Patel, Jaymin C., Mwandagalirwa, Kashamuka, Tshefu, Antoinette K., Bailey, Jeffrey A., Ghani, Azra C., Juliano, Jonathan J., Meshnick, Steven R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5782373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29361940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2193-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5782373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29361940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2193-9

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