Disruption of var2csa gene impairs placental malaria associated adhesion phenotype.

Disruption of var2csa gene impairs placental malaria associated adhesion phenotype.

Infection with Plasmodium falciparum during pregnancy is one of the major causes of malaria related morbidity and mortality in newborn and mothers. The complications of pregnancy-associated malaria result mainly from massive adhesion of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes (IE) to chondroitin...

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Main Authors: Nicola K Viebig, Emily Levin, Sébastien Dechavanne, Stephen J Rogerson, Jürg Gysin, Joseph D Smith, Artur Scherf, Benoit Gamain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000910

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