A model for the sequential dominance of antigenic variants in African trypanosome infections

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1426, 1999, Pages 1397-1401

  Frank, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Parasitism; Protozoa; Trypanosoma brucei; Within host dynamics

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; GENOME; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; MAMMAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0033532958     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0793     Document Type: Article

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