The ins, outs and roundabouts of malaria

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 209-213

  Bannister, Lawrence ^a   Mitchell, Graham ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; CELL CYCLE; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HOST; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MALARIA; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW;

EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0038742727     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(03)00086-2     Document Type: Review

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