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The South American Plasmodium falciparum var gene repertoire is limited, highly shared and possibly lacks several antigenic types

Submitted by Kabogo on March 5, 2010 - 08:59
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Letusa Albrecht, Catarina Castiñeiras, Bruna O. Carvalho, Simone Ladeia-Andrade, Natal Santos da Silva, Erika H.E. Hoffmann, Rosimeire C. dalla Martha, Fabio T.M. Costa, Gerhard Wunderlich
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Gene, Volume 453, Issues 1-2, 15 March 2010, Pages 37-44
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The frequently observed mild outcomes of falciparum malaria in many places of the Amazon area prompted us to ask whether a globally restricted variant (var) gene repertoire is present in currently circulating and older isolates of this area.

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