Cytoadherence and virulence - the case of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria

• 主要な著者: Farrah, A Fatih, Siner, Angela, Atique M, Ahmed, Lu, Chan Woon, Craig, Alister G, Balbir, Singh, Sanjeev, Krishna, Cox-Singh, J.
• フォーマット: 論文
• 言語: English
• 出版事項: BioMed Central Ltd. 2012
• 主題: RV Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine
• オンライン･アクセス: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15793/1/Cytoadherence.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15793/; https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-2875-11-33

Background: Cytoadherence of infected red blood cells to brain endothelium is causally implicated in malarial coma, one of the severe manifestations of falciparum malaria. Cytoadherence is mediated by specific binding of variant parasite antigens, expressed on the surface of infected erythrocytes,...