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

The preferential invasion of particular red blood cell (RBC) age classes may offer a mechanism by which certain species of Plasmodia regulate their population growth. Asexual reproduction of the parasite within RBCs exponentially increases the number of circulating parasites; limiting this explosion...

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Autores principales: Kerlin, Douglas H., Gatton, Michelle L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3584029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23460855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057434