A Unique Virulence Gene Occupies a Principal Position in Immune Evasion by the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum

• Uchechi E. Ukaegbu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Uchechi E. Ukaegbu, Xu Zhang

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Xu Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Uchechi E. Ukaegbu, Xu Zhang

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America, Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Xi An Da Lu, Changchun, China

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• Adina R. Heinberg,

  Current address: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Mamadou Wele,

  Affiliation University of Sciences Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

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• Qijun Chen,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Xi An Da Lu, Changchun, China

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• Kirk W. Deitsch

  * E-mail: kwd2001@med.cornell.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

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