Characterization of the repertoire diversity of the Plasmodium falciparum stevor multigene family in laboratory and field isolates.
BACKGROUND: The evasion of host immune response by the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum has been linked to expression of a range of variable antigens on the infected erythrocyte surface. Several genes are potentially involved in this process with the var, rif and stevor multigene familie...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
2009
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