Critical interplay between parasite differentiation, host immunity, and antigenic variation in trypanosome infections

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 424-439

  Gjini, E ^a   Haydon, D T ^a,b   Barry, J D ^a,b   Cobbold, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African trypanosome; Antigenic variation; Carrying capacity; Specific and general control; VSG archive structure; Within host dynamics

Indexed keywords

VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANTIGEN; CARRYING CAPACITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMINANCE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOMICS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STOCHASTICITY; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; STATISTICS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

AFRICA;

TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 77957568543     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656276     Document Type: Article

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