Plasmodium falciparum population dynamics: only snapshots in time?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 340-344

  Färnert, Anna ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLONOGENESIS; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 47649131045     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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