Malaria and trypanosome transmission: Different parasites, same rules?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 197-203

  Pollitt, Laura C ^a   MacGregor, Paula ^a   Matthews, Keith ^a   Reece, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY; MALARIA; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 79955113563     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2011.01.004     Document Type: Review

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