Temporal changes in Plasmodium falciparum reticulocyte binding protein homolog 2b (PfRh2b) in Senegal and The Gambia

Temporal changes in Plasmodium falciparum reticulocyte binding protein homolog 2b (PfRh2b) in Senegal and The Gambia

Abstract Background The Plasmodium falciparum reticulocyte binding protein homolog 2b (PfRh2b) is an important P. falciparum merozoite ligand that mediates invasion of erythrocytes by interacting with a chymotrypsin-sensitive “receptor Z”. A large deletion polymorphism is found in the c-terminal ect...

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Main Authors: Cyrille K. Diédhiou, Rahama A. Moussa, Amy K. Bei, Rachel Daniels, Nasserdine Papa Mze, Daouda Ndiaye, Ngor Faye, Dyann Wirth, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa, Souleymane Mboup, Ambroise D. Ahouidi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Plasmodium falciparum
PfRh2b
SNPs
Senegal
Gambia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-019-2868-x

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