Prevention of cerebral malaria in children in Papua New Guinea by southeast Asian ovalocytosis band 3.
Southeast Asian ovalocytosis (SAO) occurs at high frequency in malarious regions of the western Pacific and may afford a survival advantage against malaria. It is caused by a deletion of the erythrocyte membrane band 3 gene and the band 3 protein mediates the cytoadherence of parasitized erythrocyte...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1999
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