Transmission-dependent tolerance to multidonal plasmodium falciparum infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 200, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1166-1175

  Färnert, Anna ^a,c   Williams, Thomas N ^c,d   Mwangi, Tabitha W ^c   Ehlin, Anna ^a   Fegan, Greg ^c,e   Macharia, Alex ^c   Lowe, Brett S ^c   Montgomery, Scott M ^a,b,f   Marsh, Kevin ^c,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349326542     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605652     Document Type: Article

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