Allelic dimorphism of the erythocyte binding antigen-175 (eba-175) gene of Plasmodium falciparum and severe malaria: Significant association of the C-fragment with fatal outcome in Ghanaian children

Malaria Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-20

  Cramer, Jakob P ^a   Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^a   Möhl, Ingo ^a   Dittrich, Sabine ^a   Dietz, Ekkehardt ^b   Otchwemah, Rowland N ^c   Ehrhardt, Stephan ^d   Bienzle, Ulrich ^a   Jelinek, Tomas ^a  

^a Institute of Tropical Medicine   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c University of Development Studies   (Ghana)

^d BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE BINDING ANTIGEN 175; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ERYTHROCYTE BINDING ANTIGEN 175, PLASMODIUM; ERYTHROCYTE-BINDING ANTIGEN 175, PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GHANA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MORTALITY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 2942640177     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-3-1     Document Type: Article

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