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Variable Adhesion Abilities and Overlapping Antigenic Properties in PlacentalPlasmodium falciparumIsolates
19 Nov 2004
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BACKGROUND: Pregnancy-associated malaria is characterized by selection and multiplication, in the placenta, of a distinct population of Plasmodium falciparum expressing particular variant surface antigens (VSAs) that adhere to chondroitin sulfate A (CSA). METHODS: The adhesion of 40 freshly collected placental parasite isolates to bovine CSA and human placental low-sulfated chondroitin proteoglycans (CSPGs) was...
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