Cytoadhesion of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes and the infected placenta: A two-way pathway

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1525-1536

  Costa, F T M ^a   Avril, M ^b   Nogueira, P A ^c   Gysin, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Centro de Pesquisa em Medicina Tropical   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytoadhesion; Plasmodium falciparum; Pregnancy associated malaria; var2CSA gene

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

AFRICA; ANEMIA; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE ADHESIVENESS; FETUS OUTCOME; GENE CONTROL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA; MATERNAL DISEASE; MICROVASCULATURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED MALARIA; REVIEW; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 33847627114     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2006001200003     Document Type: Review

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