Malaria multigene families: The price of chronicity

Parasitology Today

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-30

  Snounou, Georges ^a   Jarra, William ^b   Preiser, Peter R ^b  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CHRONICITY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM YOELII;

JARRA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PLASMODIUM YOELII YOELII;

EID: 0033953643     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(99)01546-X     Document Type: Review

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