Clinical and molecular aspects of severe malaria

Clinical and molecular aspects of severe malaria

The erythrocytic cycle of Plasmodium falciparum presents a particularity in relation to other Plasmodium species that infect man. Mature trophozoites and schizonts are sequestered from the peripheral circulation due to adhesion of infected erythrocytes to host endothelial cells. Modifications in the...

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Main Authors: Karin Kirchgatter, Hernando A. Del Portillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2005-09-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Subjects:
malária grave
Plasmodium falciparum
PfEMP1
patogênese
citoaderência
rosetting
variação antigênica
severe malaria
pathogenesis
cytoadherence
antigenic variation
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