High level of var2csa transcription by Plasmodium falciparum isolated from the placenta

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 331-335

  Tuikue Ndam, Nicaise G ^a   Salanti, Ali ^b   Bertin, Gwladys ^a   Dahlbäck, Madeleine ^b   Fievet, Nadine ^a   Turner, Louise ^b   Gaye, Alioune ^c   Theander, Thor ^b   Deloron, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Centre de Santé Roi Beaudouin   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN 4 SULFATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; VACCINE;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED MALARIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAR1CSA GENE; VAR2CSA GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SENEGAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 22244460157     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430933     Document Type: Article

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