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Distribution of erythrocyte binding antigen 175 (EBA-175) gene dimorphic alleles in Plasmodium falciparum field isolates from Sudan.
BMC infectious diseases - 9 Oct 2013
Adam Ahmed A M, Amine Ahmed A A, Hassan Dina A, Omer Waleed H, Nour Bakri Y, Jebakumar Arulanantham Zechariah, Ibrahim Muntaser E, Abdulhadi Nasreldin H, Mohamed Hiba S
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BACKGROUND: The Erythrocyte Binding Antigen (EBA) 175 has been considered as one of the most important Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) merozoite ligands that mediate invasion of the erythrocytes through their sialated receptor: Glycophorin A (GPA). The effect of the EBA 175 dimorphic allele...
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