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The role of immunity in mosquito-induced attenuation of malaria virulence

A recent study found that mosquito-transmitted (MT) lines of rodent malaria parasites elicit a more effective immune response than non-transmitted lines maintained by serial blood passage (non-MT), thereby causing lower parasite densities in the blood and less pathology to the host. The authors attr...

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Autor principal: Mackinnon, Margaret J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3904012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24443873
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-13-25