Specific Receptor Usage in Plasmodium falciparum Cytoadherence Is Associated with Disease Outcome

Lucy B. Ochola; Bethsheba R. Siddondo; Harold Ocholla; Siana Nkya; Eva N. Kimani; Thomas N. Williams; Johnstone O. Makale; Anne Liljander; Britta C. Urban; Pete C. Bull; Tadge Szestak; Kevin Marsh; Alister G. Craig

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014741

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Specific Receptor Usage in Plasmodium falciparum Cytoadherence Is Associated with Disease Outcome

Lucy B. Ochola ,

* E-mail: laochola@gmail.com

Affiliation KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya
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Bethsheba R. Siddondo,

Affiliation KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya
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Harold Ocholla,

Affiliation KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya
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Siana Nkya,

Affiliation Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Eva N. Kimani,

Affiliation KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya
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Thomas N. Williams,

Affiliations KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Johnstone O. Makale,

Affiliation KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya
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Anne Liljander,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Britta C. Urban,

Affiliations KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya, Department of Molecular Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Pete C. Bull,

Affiliations KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Tadge Szestak,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Kevin Marsh,

Affiliations KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Alister G. Craig

Affiliation Department of Molecular Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Specific Receptor Usage in Plasmodium falciparum Cytoadherence Is Associated with Disease Outcome

Lucy B. Ochola,
Bethsheba R. Siddondo,
Harold Ocholla,
Siana Nkya,
Eva N. Kimani,
Thomas N. Williams,
Johnstone O. Makale,
Anne Liljander,
Britta C. Urban,
Pete C. Bull

Published: March 3, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014741

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