Low red cell production may protect against severe anemia during a malaria infection-Insights from modeling

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 533-542

  Cromer, Deborah ^a,b   Stark, Jaroslav ^a   Davenport, Miles P ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Erythropoiesis; Hematopoiesis; Iron; Mathematical; Red cells; Reticulocytes

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; IRON; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORBIDITY; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE; TARGET CELL;

ANEMIA; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITEMIA; RETICULOCYTES;

EID: 62549140988     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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