Using the PfEMP1 Head Structure Binding Motif to Deal a Blow at Severe Malaria

Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria causes 200 million cases worldwide, 8 million being severe and complicated leading to similar to 1 million deaths and similar to 100,000 abortions annually. Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) has been implicated in cytoadherence and infec...

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2014

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Universidad del Rosario

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Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario

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eng

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oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/8808

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088420
http://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/8808

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Enfermedades
Plasmodium
Malaria
Inmunología
Erythrocyte-membrane PROTEIN-1
Chondroitin-sulfate-a
Plasmodium-falciparum
Antimalarial Vaccine
Placental Malaria
ALPHA-Domains
Expression
Antibodies
Parasites
Paptides

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