Association of malaria parasite population structure, HLA, and immunological antagonism.
Host-parasite coevolution has been likened to a molecular arms race, with particular parasite genes evolving to evade specific host defenses. Study of the variants of an antigenic epitope of Plasmodium falciparum that induces a cytotoxic T cell response supports this view. In African children with m...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1998
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