Effect of Dietary p-Aminobenzoic Acid on Murine Plasmodium yoelii Infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 188, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1776-1781

  Kicska, Gregory A ^a   Ting, Li Min ^a   Schramm, Vern L ^a   Kim, Kami ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; SHIKIMIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MALARIA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

4-AMINOBENZOIC ACID; ANIMALS; DIET; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FOLIC ACID; MALARIA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, SCID; PLASMODIUM YOELII;

EID: 0347517722     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/379373     Document Type: Article

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