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. 2000 Apr 22;355(9213):1427-8.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02143-7.

Autoagglutination of malaria-infected red blood cells and malaria severity

D J Roberts, A Pain, O Kai, M Kortok, K Marsh

Autoagglutination of malaria-infected red blood cells and malaria severity

D J Roberts et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

Red blood cells infected with Plasmodium falciparum can adhere to each other and so form large autoagglutinates. We show that this phenotype is common in field isolates and is strongly associated with severe malaria.

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