Stages of in vitro phagocytosis of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes by human monocytes

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-106

  Muniz Junqueira, Maria Imaculada ^a   Tosta, Carlos Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Monocytes; Phagocytosis; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MONOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MONOCYTES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 65949094802     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822009000200001     Document Type: Article

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