Rapid turnover of Plasmodium falciparum var gene transcripts and genotypes during natural non-symptomatic infections

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 195-201

  Wunderlich, Gerhard ^a   Alves, Fabiana P ^a   Gölnitz, Uta ^a   Tada, Mauro S ^b   De Camargo, Erney F P ^a   Pereira Da Silva, Luiz H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Pesquisa em Medicina Tropical   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; PfEMP1; Plasmodium falciparum; Switching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TURNOVER TIME; VAR GENE;

EID: 24144473399     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652005000400004     Document Type: Article

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