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Diverse Expression Patterns of Subgroups of the rif Multigene Family during Plasmodium falciparum Gametocytogenesis ¤ Michaela Petter *, Insa Bonow, Mo-Quen Klinkert Bernhard Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany Abstract Background: The maturation of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes in the human host takes several days, during which the parasites need to efficiently evade the host immune system. Like asexual stage parasites, immature gametocytes can sequester at various sites in the human body, and only mature sexual st