The Importance of Pathogen Load

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-2

  Cunnington, Aubrey J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL ACTIVATION; INFECTION; LIFE CYCLE; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PATHOGEN LOAD; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PARASITEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA;

ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MICROVESSELS; PARASITEMIA;

EID: 84923848292     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004563     Document Type: Article

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