Antibody recognition of Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte surface antigens in Kenya: evidence for rare and prevalent variants.

Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) is the name given to a family of parasite proteins that are inserted into the infected erythrocyte surface. Studies using agglutination assays have shown previously that PfEMP1 epitopes are extremely diverse. In a study in Kenya, 21 paras...

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Autori principali: Bull, P, Lowe, B, Kortok, M, Marsh, K
Natura: Journal article
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: American Society for Microbiology 1999

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