Red cell selectivity in malaria: A study of multiple-infected erythrocytes

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-168

  Simpson, Julie A ^a,b   Silamut, Kamolrat ^a   Chotivanich, Kesinee ^a   Pukrittayakatnee, Sasithon ^a   White, Nicholas J ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte invasion; Malaria; Pathogenesis; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Thailand

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; THAILAND;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032937970     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90295-X     Document Type: Article

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