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Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) appears to play an key role as both a virulence factor and as a target of naturally acquired immunity 1,2. This large family of molecules is encoded by the highly polymorphic superfamily of var genes of which there are 60 variants in every genome 3.
Bull et al. (Tue,) studied this question.