Genetic diversity of expressed Plasmodium falciparum var genes from Tanzanian children with severe malaria

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mugasa, Joseph ^a,b   Qi, Weihong ^b,d   Rusch, Sebastian ^b,c   Rottmann, Matthias ^b,c   Beck, Hans Peter ^b,c  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Genome Centre   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diversity; Expression; PfEMP1; Plasmodium falciparum; Severe malaria; var genes

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANZANIA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TANZANIA;

EID: 84868354976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-230     Document Type: Article

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