Virulence of mixed-clone and single-clone infections of the rodent malaria Plasmodium chabaudi

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 583-591

  Taylor, Louise H ^a,b   Mackinnon, Margaret J ^a   Read, Andrew F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malaria; Mixed infection; Parasite; Plasmodium chabaudi; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CLONE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENOTYPE; REPLICATION RATE; VIRULENCE;

EVOLUTION; GENETIC DIVERSITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; VIRULENCE;

PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031979535     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb01656.x     Document Type: Article

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