Abstract
Placenta-sequestering Plasmodium falciparum parasites causing pregnancy-associated malaria express pregnancy-specific variant surface antigens (VSAPAM). We report here that VSAPAM-expressing patient isolates adhere strongly to the choriocarcinoma cell line BeWo and that the BeWo line can be used to efficiently select for VSAPAM expression in vitro.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3035-3038 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Infection and Immunity |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| Publication status | Published - May 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |