Consequences of multiple infection with Plasmodium falciparum in an area of high endemicity

Parassitologia

Volumn 41, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 247-250

  Smith, T ^a   Felger, I ^a   Beck, H P ^a   Tanner, M ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Multiplicity; Plasmodium falciparum; Tanzania; Virulence

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2, PLASMODIUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SUPERINFECTION; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SUPERINFECTION; TANZANIA;

EID: 0033181842     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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