Abstract
During the intraerythrocytic phase, the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum exports several proteins to the surface of infected red blood cells. Among these proteins are members of the 45-90 alleles of the Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) family of proteins. These are important virulence factors because they cause cytoadherence and sequestration of in…