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Plasmodium vivax but Not Plasmodium falciparum Blood-Stage Infection in Humans Is Associated with the Expansion of a CD8(+) T Cell Population with Cytotoxic Potential

P. vivax and P. falciparum parasites display different tropism for host cells and induce very different clinical symptoms and pathology, suggesting that the immune responses required for protection may differ between these two species. However, no study has qualitatively compared the immune response...

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Autores principales: Burel, Julie G., Apte, Simon H., McCarthy, James S., Doolan, Denise L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5145136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27930660
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005031