Influence of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) on in vitro growth of Plasmodium falciparum

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Pong, Clinton K ^a   Thévenon, Audrey Davidson ^b   Zhou, James Ainong ^c   Taylor, Diane Wallace ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AZ DataClinic Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; COCULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 66249099563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-101     Document Type: Article

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