Malaria: A sporozoite runs through it

Current Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2001, Pages

  Krettli, Antoniana U ^a,b   Miller, Louis H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMODIUM;

EID: 0035873840     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00221-4     Document Type: Review

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