Positive selection of Plasmodium falciparum parasites with multiple var2csa-type PfEMP1 genes during the course of infection in pregnant women

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 203, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1679-1685

  Sander, Adam F ^a   Salanti, Ali ^a   Lavstsen, Thomas ^a   Nielsen, Morten A ^a   Theander, Thor G ^a   Leke, Rose G F ^b   Lo, Yeung Y ^c   Bobbili, Naveen ^c   Arnot, David E ^a,d   Taylor, Diane W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN 4 SULFATE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN VAR2CSA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMP1 GENE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAR2CSA GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79956220163     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir168     Document Type: Article

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