VAR2CSA Signatures of High Plasmodium falciparum Parasitemia in the Placenta

Eduard Rovira-Vallbona; Isadora Monteiro; Azucena Bardají; Elisa Serra-Casas; Daniel E. Neafsey; Diana Quelhas; Clarissa Valim; Pedro Alonso; Carlota Dobaño; Jaume Ordi; Clara Menéndez; Alfredo Mayor

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069753

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VAR2CSA Signatures of High Plasmodium falciparum Parasitemia in the Placenta

Eduard Rovira-Vallbona,

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain
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Isadora Monteiro,

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain
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Azucena Bardají,

Affiliations Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM), Maputo, Mozambique
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Elisa Serra-Casas,

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain
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Daniel E. Neafsey,

Affiliation Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Diana Quelhas,

Affiliation Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM), Maputo, Mozambique
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Clarissa Valim,

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Pedro Alonso,

Affiliations Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM), Maputo, Mozambique
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Carlota Dobaño,

Affiliations Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM), Maputo, Mozambique
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Jaume Ordi,

Affiliations Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain, Department of Pathology, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Clara Menéndez ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Clara Menéndez, Alfredo Mayor

Affiliations Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM), Maputo, Mozambique
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Alfredo Mayor

Contributed equally to this work with: Clara Menéndez, Alfredo Mayor

* E-mail: AGMAYOR@clinic.ub.es

Affiliations Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM), Maputo, Mozambique
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VAR2CSA Signatures of High Plasmodium falciparum Parasitemia in the Placenta

Eduard Rovira-Vallbona,
Isadora Monteiro,
Azucena Bardají,
Elisa Serra-Casas,
Daniel E. Neafsey,
Diana Quelhas,
Clarissa Valim,
Pedro Alonso,
Carlota Dobaño,
Jaume Ordi

Published: July 25, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069753

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