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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2002
Artur Scherf, Paris, FR;
Louis H. Miller, Bethesda, MD (US);
Benoit Gamain, Washington, DC (US);
Dror I. Baruch, Rockville, MD (US);
Pierre Buffet, Paris, FR;
Christine Scheidig, Savigny le Temple, FR;
Jurg Gysin, St. Zacharie, FR;
Bruno Pouvelle, Saint Maximin la Sainte Baume, FR;
Nobutaka Fujii, Kyoto, JP;
Joseph Smith, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Artur Scherf, Paris, FR;
Louis H. Miller, Bethesda, MD (US);
Benoit Gamain, Washington, DC (US);
Dror I. Baruch, Rockville, MD (US);
Pierre Buffet, Paris, FR;
Christine Scheidig, Savigny le Temple, FR;
Jurg Gysin, St. Zacharie, FR;
Bruno Pouvelle, Saint Maximin la Sainte Baume, FR;
Nobutaka Fujii, Kyoto, JP;
Joseph Smith, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to the discovery of a var gene and corresponding protein that modulates adhesion of parasitized red blood cells to chondroitin sulfate A. Novel biological tools, prophylactics, therapeutics, diagnostics, and methods of use of the foregoing are also disclosed.