Rapid turnover of Plasmodium falciparum var gene transcripts and genotypes during natural non-symptomatic infections Rápida mudança de transcritos var e de génotipos de Plasmodium falciparum em infecções assintomáticas naturalmente adquiridas

The var genes of Plasmodium falciparum code for the antigenically variant erythrocyte membrane proteins 1 (PfEMP1), a major factor for cytoadherence and immune escape of the parasite. Herein, we analyzed the var gene transcript turnover in two ongoing, non-symptomatic infections at sequential time p...

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Published in:	Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors:	Gerhard Wunderlich, Fabiana P. Alves, Uta Gölnitz, Mauro S. Tada, Erney F.P. de Camargo, Luiz H. Pereira-da-Silva
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2005-08-01
Subjects:	Plasmodium falciparum Switching Antigenic variation PfEMP1
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652005000400004