On the control of acute rodent malaria infections by innate immunity.

Does specific immunity, innate immunity or resource (red blood cell) limitation control the first peak of the blood-stage parasite in acute rodent malaria infections? Since mice deficient in specific immunity exhibit similar initial dynamics as wild-type mice it is generally viewed that the initial...

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Main Authors: Beth F Kochin, Andrew J Yates, Jacobus C de Roode, Rustom Antia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2865546?pdf=render