“…A particularly strong example of this is where parasites expressing var genes encoding PfEMP1 containing EPCR-binding domains have shown a strong association with the development of SM, including CM (Avril et al, 2012;Claessens et al, 2012;Lavstsen et al, 2012;Bengtsson et al, 2013;Bertin et al, 2013;Jespersen et al, 2016;Kessler et al, 2017;Mkumbaye et al, 2017). A particularly strong example of this is where parasites expressing var genes encoding PfEMP1 containing EPCR-binding domains have shown a strong association with the development of SM, including CM (Avril et al, 2012;Claessens et al, 2012;Lavstsen et al, 2012;Bengtsson et al, 2013;Bertin et al, 2013;Jespersen et al, 2016;Kessler et al, 2017;Mkumbaye et al, 2017).…”