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Dynamics in multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum infection among children with asymptomatic malaria in central Ghana.
BMC genetics - 17 Jul 2017
Botwe Akua Kyerewaa, Asante Kwaku Poku, Adjei George, Assafuah Samuel, Dosoo David, Owusu-Agyei Seth
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The determinants of malaria parasite virulence is not entirely known, but the outcome of malaria infection (asymptomatic or symptomatic) has been associated with carriage of distinct parasite genotypes. Alleles considered important for erythrocyte invasion and selected as candidate targets for malaria vaccine development are increasingly being shown to have distinct characteristics in infection...
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