Rapid turnover of Plasmodium falciparum populations in asymptomatic individuals living in a high transmission area

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-26

  Daubersies, Pierre ^a   Sallenave Sales, Selma ^a   Magne, Sebastien ^a   Trape, Jean Francois ^b   Contamin, Hugues ^a   Fandeur, Thierry ^a   Rogier, Christophe ^c   Mercereau Puijalon, Odile ^a   Druilhe, Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALARIA; MEROZOITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENEGAL;

EID: 0030050549     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.18     Document Type: Article

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