The effects of host immunity on virulence-transmissibility relationships in the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium chabaudi

Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-112

  Mackinnon, M J ^a   Read, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Immunity; Malaria; Recovery rate; Transmission; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HOST; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNIZATION; MALARIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; RATS; TIME FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037294677     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200200272X     Document Type: Article

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