Characterization of the repertoire diversity of the Plasmodium falciparum stevor multigene family in laboratory and field isolates

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Holder Anthony A, Marsh Kevin, Niang Makhtar, Blythe Jane E, Langhorne Jean, Preiser Peter R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2009
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Rif
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-8-140; https://doaj.org/article/21ab5d1f6f034ff6a641149345f826e3

Abstract Background The evasion of host immune response by the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum has been linked to expression of a range of variable antigens on the infected erythrocyte surface. Several genes are potentially involved in this process with the var , rif and stevor multigen...