Conflicting immune responses can prolong the length of infection in Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 821-835

  Recker, M ^a   Gupta, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Mathematical model; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MATHEMATICS; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TIME FACTORS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 33746880240     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-005-9041-0     Document Type: Article

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