Characterization of Plasmodium interspersed repeats (PIR) in Plasmodium knowlesi

• Main Author: Hew, Anne Li
• Other Authors: Peter Preiser
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; Plasmodium knowlesi; Malaria; Multigene families
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/176662
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Plasmodium knowlesi, the leading cause of Malaria in Southeast Asia utilizes variant surface antigens encoded by multigene families to evade host immune response. The Plasmodium Interspersed Repeats (PIR) family is predicted to contribute to antigenic variation, but there is no direct evidence of th...