Mecanismos reguladores de partición de la dinámica de la malaria dentro del huésped utilizando el número de

C J E Metcalf1, A L Graham, S Huijben

  • 1Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK. charlotte.metcalf@zoo.ox.ac.uk

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|August 20, 2011
PubMed
Resumen

Los niveles de parásitos de la malaria están moldeados por las respuestas inmunes y el agotamiento de los glóbulos rojos. Comprender estas dinámicas dentro del huésped puede mejorar los tratamientos para la malaria.

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