Commonly recognised Plasmodium falciparum parasites cause cerebral malaria

Parasitology Research

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 363-368

  Lindenthal, Christoph ^a   Kremsner, Peter G ^a,b   Klinkert, Mo Quen ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; EPITOPE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSETTE FORMATION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0344874621     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-003-0975-6     Document Type: Article

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