Age-dependent characteristics of protection v. susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 367-390

  Baird, J K ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CROSS REACTING ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; HOST RESISTANCE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INDONESIA; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALARIA; MEMORY CELL; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROGENY; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0031837486     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989859366     Document Type: Conference Paper

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