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Plasmodium falciparum multiple infections, disease severity and host characteristics in malaria affected travellers returning from Africa.
Travel medicine and infectious disease - 1 Jul 2008
Nicastri Emanuele, Paglia Maria Grazia, Severini Carlo, Ghirga Piero, Bevilacqua Nazario, Narciso Pasquale
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BACKGROUND: The pathogenesis of malaria is the result of complex interactions between parasites, host and environment. Several studies have assessed the role of genetic characteristics of Plasmodium falciparum infection in the clinical severity of malaria infection comparing different genotypic determinants in mild and severe cases. The genes encoding the polymorphic merozoite surface proteins 1 (msp-1) and 2...
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