Antigenicity and adhesiveness of a Plasmodium vivax VIR-E protein from Brazilian isolates

Antigenicity and adhesiveness of a Plasmodium vivax VIR-E protein from Brazilian isolates

BACKGROUND Plasmodium vivax, the major cause of malaria in Latin America, has a large subtelomeric multigene family called vir. In the P. vivax genome, about 20% of its sequences are vir genes. Vir antigens are grouped in subfamilies according to their sequence similarities and have been shown to h...

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Main Authors: Ana Paula Schappo, Najara C Bittencourt, Leticia P Bertolla, Sofia Forcellini, Ana Beatriz Iung Enembreck da Silva, Hellen Geremias dos Santos, João Henrique Gervásio, Marcus VG Lacerda, Stefanie CP Lopes, Fabio TM Costa, Letusa Albrecht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2022-02-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Plasmodium vivax
multigene family
antigenicity
adhesiveness
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