Reduced risk of clinical malaria in children infected with multiple clones of Plasmodium falciparum in a highly endemic area: A prospective community study

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 602-605

  Al Yaman, F ^a,b   Genton, B ^a   Reeder, J C ^c   Anders, R F ^c   Smith, T ^d   Alpers, M P ^a  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Genotypes; Malaria; Merozoite surface proteins; Papua New Guinea; Plasmodium falciparum; Protection; Superinfection

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MEROZOITE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SUPERINFECTION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030661937     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90046-8     Document Type: Article

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