The role of animal models for research on severe malaria

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Craig, Alister G ^a   Grau, Georges E ^b,c   Janse, Chris ^d   Kazura, James W ^e,f   Milner, Dan ^g   Barnwell, John W ^h   Turner, Gareth ^i,j   Langhorne, Jean ^k  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c La Jolla Infectious Disease Institute   (United States)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^j MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; MALARIA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI INFECTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; RODENT; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; ERYTHROCYTE; MOUSE; ORGANIZATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PRIMATE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MICE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIMATES;

EID: 84860903822     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002401     Document Type: Article

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