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. 2020 Jun 24;5(3):e00521-20.
doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00521-20.

Doesn't It All Come Down to Function? How To Correlate VAR2CSA Antibodies with Protection

Sedami Gnidehou  1   2 , Stephanie K Yanow  3   4
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Doesn't It All Come Down to Function? How To Correlate VAR2CSA Antibodies with Protection

Sedami Gnidehou et al. mSphere. .
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Keywords: Plasmodium falciparum; VAR2CSA antibodies; malaria; men and children; pregnancy.

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