Immune characterization of Plasmodium falciparum parasites with a shared genetic signature in a region of decreasing transmission.

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Published in Infect Immun on November 03, 2014

Authors

Amy K Bei1, Ababacar Diouf2, Kazutoyo Miura2, Daniel B Larremore3, Ulf Ribacke4, Gregory Tullo2, Eli L Moss5, Daniel E Neafsey5, Rachel F Daniels6, Amir E Zeituni2, Iguosadolo Nosamiefan4, Sarah K Volkman7, Ambroise D Ahouidi8, Daouda Ndiaye9, Tandakha Dieye8, Souleymane Mboup8, Caroline O Buckee3, Carole A Long2, Dyann F Wirth10

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Laboratory of Bacteriology and Virology, Le Dantec Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
2: Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
3: Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
4: Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
5: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
6: Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
7: Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
8: Laboratory of Bacteriology and Virology, Le Dantec Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
9: Laboratory of Parasitology and Mycology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
10: Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA dfwirth@hsph.harvard.edu.

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