Age-dependent carriage of alleles and haplotypes of Plasmodium falciparum sera5, eba-175, and csp in a region of intense malaria transmission in Uganda

Abstract Background The development of malaria vaccines is constrained by genetic polymorphisms exhibited by Plasmodium falciparum antigens. The project the age-dependent distribution of alleles or haplotypes of three P. falciparum malaria vaccine candidates, Circumsporozoite Protein (csp), Erythroc...

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Main Authors: Constance Agwang, Joseph Erume, Brenda Okech, Joseph Olobo, Thomas G. Egwang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Malaria Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-020-03432-0