Meeting report: The molecular background of severe and complicated malaria

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-41

  Winter, Gerhard ^a,b   Chen, Qijun ^a,b   Wahlgren, Mats ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CD36 ANTIGEN; CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; CYSTEINE RICH INTERDOMAIN REGION ALPHA; DUFFY BINDING LIKE ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; PPMC 179; PROTEIN; STEVOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE; VARIANT SURFACE ANTIGEN;

AFRICA; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MALARIA; CEBIDAE; CELL ADHESION; CELL VACUOLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERADICATION THERAPY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE DUPLICATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOST; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALARIA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MONKEY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHIZONT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPLEEN;

CEBIDAE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 1642554370     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2003.11.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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