The effect of curdlan sulphate on development in vitro of Plasmodium falciparum

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-89

  Evans, S G ^a   Morrison, D ^a   Kaneko, Y ^b   Havlik, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti invasive activity in vitro; Curdlan sulphate; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CURDLAN;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031931699     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90969-5     Document Type: Article

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