An approach to classifying sequence tags sampled from Plasmodium falciparum var genes

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1 (PfEMP1) appears to play an key role as both a virulence factor and as a target of naturally acquired immunity [1,2].This large family of molecules is encoded by the highly polymorphic superfamily of var genes of which there are 60 variants in every genome [3].A rapidly growing collection of var sequences is now available from clinical isolates around the world [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11].Despite immense...

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