The density of knobs on Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes depends on developmental age and varies among isolates.
<h4>Background</h4>The virulence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria is related to the parasite's ability to evade host immunity through clonal antigenic variation and tissue-specific adhesion of infected erythrocytes (IEs). The P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) fam...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012
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