Journal article
Host age as a determinant of naturally acquired immunity to Plasmodium falciparum.
- Abstract:
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The usual course of infection by Plasmodium falciparum among adults who lack a history of exposure to endemic malaria is fulminant. The infection in adults living with hyper- to holoendemic malaria is chronic and benign. Naturally acquired immunity to falciparum malaria is the basis of this difference. Confusion surrounds an essential question regarding this process: What is its rate of onset? Opinions vary because of disagreement over the relationships between exposure to infection, antigeni...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Parasitology today (Personal ed.)
- Volume:
- 11
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 105-111
- Publication date:
- 1995-03-01
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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0169-4758
- Source identifiers:
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81830
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- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:81830
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- pubs:81830
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- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 1995
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