Role of distinct DC subsets in blood-stage malaria immunity

Antibodies are essential for the clearance of the Plasmodium parasite causing malaria. In order to investigate the role of distinct DC subsets in the generation of a specific antibody response during the blood stage of the Plasmodium yoelii infection, transgenic mice that express a human diphtheria...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tamara A. Nair
Other Authors: Ruedl Christiane
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/49471