Preferential Invasion by Plasmodium Merozoites and the Self-Regulation of Parasite Burden

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Kerlin, Douglas H ^a   Gatton, Michelle L ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE LIFESPAN; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEROZOITE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE LOAD; PLASMODIUM; POPULATION DENSITY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SIMULATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES INVASION;

ANIMALS; CELL AGING; ERYTHROCYTES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MEROZOITES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITES; PLASMODIUM;

EID: 84874525412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057434     Document Type: Article

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