Conflicting immune responses can prolong the length of infection in Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

We have recently proposed a new model for antigenic variation in Plasmodium falciparum that relies on a network of partially cross-protective immune responses to orchestrate this complex immune evasion process. In addition to exhibiting prolonged oscillations of single variants that resemble the seq...

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Main Authors: Recker, M, Gupta, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2006