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| Title |
Genetic diversity of expressed Plasmodium falciparum var genes from Tanzanian children with severe malaria
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, July 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-11-230 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Joseph Mugasa, Weihong Qi, Sebastian Rusch, Matthias Rottmann, Hans-Peter Beck |
| Abstract |
Severe malaria has been attributed to the expression of a restricted subset of the var multi-gene family, which encodes for Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1). PfEMP1 mediates cytoadherence and sequestration of infected erythrocytes into the post-capillary venules of vital organs such as the brain, lung or placenta. var genes are highly diverse and can be classified in three major groups (ups A, B and C) and two intermediate groups (B/A and B/C) based on the genomic location, gene orientation and upstream sequences. The genetic diversity of expressed var genes in relation to severity of disease in Tanzanian children was analysed. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 2 | 2% |
| Kenya | 2 | 2% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Denmark | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 75 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 26% |
| Researcher | 12 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 10% |
| Other | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 11 | 13% |
| Unknown | 14 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 29 | 35% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 14% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 12 | 14% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 5% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 10% |
| Unknown | 16 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 July 2012.
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#5,015
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