The Plasmodium falciparum var gene switching rate, switching mechanism and patterns of parasite recrudescence described by mathematical modelling

Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 225-235

  Paget McNicol, S ^a   Gatton, M ^a   Hastings, I ^a   Saul, A ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disease severity; Mathematical modelling; Plasmodium falciparum; Switching mechanism; Switching rates; Var gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE SWITCHING; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECURRENCE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036196193     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182001001160     Document Type: Article

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