Var gene expression and human Plasmodium pathogenesis

Future Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 801-815

  Tembo, Dumizulu ^a,b   Montgomery, Jacqui ^a,c  

^a MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytoadherence; Falciparum; Malaria; Pathogenesis; PfEMP1; Plasmodium; Sequestration; Var

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD HEALTH; ERYTHROCYTE ADHESIVENESS; FUNGUS IMMUNITY; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; REVIEW; ROSETTE FORMATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VAR GENE;

HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 77952384218     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.10.33     Document Type: Review

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