Transcriptional Profiling of Plasmodium falciparum Parasites from Patients with Severe Malaria Identifies Distinct Low vs. High Parasitemic Clusters

Transcriptional Profiling of Plasmodium falciparum Parasites from Patients with Severe Malaria Identifies Distinct Low vs. High Parasitemic Clusters

Background: In the past decade, estimates of malaria infections have dropped from 500 million to 225 million per year; likewise, mortality rates have dropped from 3 million to 791,000 per year. However, approximately 90% of these deaths continue to occur in sub-Saharan Africa, and 85% involve childr...

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Main Authors: Regev, Aviv (Contributor), Mesirov, Jill P. (Contributor), Milner, Danny A. (Author), Pochet, Nathalie (Author), Krupka, Malkie (Author), Williams, Chris (Author), Seydel, Karl (Author), Taylor, Terrie E. (Author), Peer, Yves Van de (Author), Wirth, Dyann (Author), Daily, Johanna P. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology (Contributor), Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science, 2012-10-31T17:10:39Z.
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