Malaria: Origin of the Term "Hypnozoite"

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 781-786

  Markus, Miles B ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

hypnozoite; Isospora; malaria; Plasmodium ovale; Plasmodium vivax; relapse

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; CYSTOISOSPORA; HAEMOSPORIDA; HYPNOS; ISOSPORA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA; SPOROZOA;

EID: 81555201953     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10739-010-9239-3     Document Type: Article

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