VAR2CSA expression on the surface of placenta-derived Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 198, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1071-1074

  Magistrado, Pamela ^a,b   Salanti, Ali ^a,b   Tuikue Ndam, Nicaise G ^c   Mwakalinga, Steven B ^a,b   Resende, Mafalda ^a,b   Dahlbäck, Madeleine ^a,b   Hviid, Lars ^a,b   Lusingu, John ^d   Theander, Thor G ^a,b   Nielsen, Morten A ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^e Centre for Medical Parasitology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN 4 SULFATE; CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MALARIA; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEOMICS; VAR2CSA GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 51849098306     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591502     Document Type: Article

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