Genetic diversity of expressed <it>Plasmodium falciparum var</it> genes from Tanzanian children with severe malaria

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Severe malaria has been attributed to the expression of a restricted subset of the <it>var</it> multi-gene family, which encodes for <it>Plasmodium falciparum</it> erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1). PfEM...

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Main Authors: Mugasa Joseph, Qi Weihong, Rusch Sebastian, Rottmann Matthias, Beck Hans-Peter
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado: BMC 2012-07-01
Series:Malaria Journal
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Acceso en liña:http://www.malariajournal.com/content/11/1/230