The humoral response to <it>Plasmodium falciparum </it>VarO rosetting variant and its association with protection against malaria in Beninese children
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The capacity of <it>Plasmodium falciparum</it>-infected erythrocytes to bind uninfected erythrocytes (rosetting) is associated with severe malaria in African children. Rosetting is mediated by a subset of the variant surf...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-10-01
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Series: | Malaria Journal |
Online Access: | http://www.malariajournal.com/content/9/1/267 |