A mathematical model for a new mechanism of phenotypic variation in malaria

Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-159

  Recker, M ^a   Al Bader, R ^b   Gupta, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Host heterogeneity; Immune evasion; Mathematical model; Plasmodium yoelii

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE; MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEROZOITE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PY235 GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CROSS REACTIONS; ERYTHROCYTES; MALARIA; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM YOELII; RODENTIA;

EID: 23944504955     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005007481     Document Type: Article

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