Revisiting the multigene families: <i>Plasmodium var</i> and <i>vir</i> genes

Malaria is an infectious disease that is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions. The malaria parasite is able to skip the host immunity and thus maintains not only persistent but also repeated infections. There are a number of multigene families in <i>Plasmodium</i> that code f...

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Main Authors: Vineeta Singh, Purva Gupta, Veena Pande
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-04-01
Series:Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.mrcindia.org/journal/issues/512075.pdf