The separate and combined effects of MHC genotype, parasite clone, and host gender on the course of malaria in mice

BMC Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Wedekind, Claus ^a,b   Walker, Mirjam ^c,d,e   Little, Tom J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Zoo and Wildlife Biology   (Germany)

^d NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

^e ZLB Behring AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALARIA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CLONE CELLS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; H-2 ANTIGENS; HAPLOTYPES; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALARIA; MALE; MICE; MICE, CONGENIC; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; SEX FACTORS;

PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI;

EID: 33845308214     PISSN: 14712156     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-7-55     Document Type: Article

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