Differential var gene transcription in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from patients with cerebral malaria compared to hyperparasitaemia.

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Published in Mol Biochem Parasitol on September 05, 2006

Authors

Helen M Kyriacou1, Graham N Stone, Richard J Challis, Ahmed Raza, Kirsten E Lyke, Mahamadou A Thera, Abdoulaye K Koné, Ogobara K Doumbo, Christopher V Plowe, J Alexandra Rowe

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1: Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK.

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