Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes: Agglutination by diverse Kenyan plasma is associated with severe disease and young host age

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 252-259

  Bull, P C ^a,b,c   Kortok, M ^a   Kai, O ^a   Ndungu, F ^a   Ross, A ^a,b   Lowe, B S ^a,b   Newbold, C I ^b   Marsh, K ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CGMRC KEMRI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; KENYA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTES; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033931125     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315652     Document Type: Article

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