Cross-species interactions between malaria parasites in humans - PubMed (original) (raw)
Cross-species interactions between malaria parasites in humans
M C Bruce et al. Science. 2000.
Abstract
The dynamics of multiple Plasmodium infections in asymptomatic children living under intense malaria transmission pressure provide evidence for a density-dependent regulation that transcends species as well as genotype. This regulation, in combination with species- and genotype-specific immune responses, results in nonindependent, sequential episodes of infection with each species.
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