New var reconstruction algorithm exposes high var sequence diversity in a single geographic location in Mali

Genome Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Dara, Antoine ^a   Drábek, Elliott F ^a   Travassos, Mark A ^a   Moser, Kara A ^a   Delcher, Arthur L ^a   Su, Qi ^a   Hostelley, Timothy ^a   Coulibaly, Drissa ^b   Daou, Modibo ^b   Dembele, Ahmadou ^b   Diarra, Issa ^b   Kone, Abdoulaye K ^b   Kouriba, Bourema ^b   Laurens, Matthew B ^a   Niangaly, Amadou ^b   Traore, Karim ^b   Tolo, Youssouf ^b   Fraser, Claire M ^a   Thera, Mahamadou A ^b   Djimde, Abdoulaye A ^b   Doumbo, Ogobara K ^b   Plowe, Christopher V ^a   Silva, Joana C ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Sociétés   (Mali)

Author keywords

ETHA; Malaria; Mali; PfEMP1; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1; var; var2csa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALI; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLACENTA MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VAR GENE; VAR2CSA GENE; ALGORITHM; CHILD; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE;

ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE;

EID: 85016136194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1756994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13073-017-0422-4     Document Type: Article

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