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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
2022-02-01
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Series: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762021000101110&tlng=en |
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