Natural selection on polymorphic malaria antigens and the search for a vaccine

Parasitology Today

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-29

  Conway, D J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE;

ALLELE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOMOZYGOSITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0031036107     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(96)10077-6     Document Type: Article

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