Overlapping antigenic repertoires of variant antigens expressed on the surface of erythrocytes infected by Plasmodium falciparum

Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-17

  Giha, H A ^a,b,e   Staalsoe, T ^a   Dodoo, D ^a,b   Elhassan, I M ^c   Roper, C ^d   Satti, G M H ^c   Arnot, D E ^d   Hviid, L ^a   Theander, T G ^a  

^a Illinois   (Denmark)

^b University of Ghana Legon   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

PfEMP1; Plasmodium falciparum; Unstable malaria; Variant antigens

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOTYPE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SUDAN;

EID: 0032765724     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099004485     Document Type: Article

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