Complexity of Plasmodium falciparum infections is consistent over time and protects against clinical disease in Tanzanian children

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 989-995

  Färnert, Anna ^a   Rooth, Ingegerd ^b   Svensson, Åke ^b   Snounou, Georges ^b   Björkman, Anders ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEROZOITE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032935864     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314652     Document Type: Article

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