Characterization of a Pfemp1 variant from a P. falciparum field is isolate and the development of anti-Pfemp1 antibodies

Rosetting (binding of infected erythrocytes to uninfected ones) is a parasite adhesion phenotype thought to be mediated by Plasmodium falciparum membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1). Despite the association between rosetting and severe malaria in Africa, rosette-mediating PfEMP1 ' variants from African-...

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Main Author: Kifude, Carolyne Musoriza
Published: Open University 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.664513