The dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage infection

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 127-140

  McKenzie, F Ellis ^a   Bossert, William H ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PARASITE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA;

ARTICLE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0031558478     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0478     Document Type: Article

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