Rodent malaria parasites suffer from the presence of conspecific clones in three-clone Plasmodium chabaudi infections.
We studied infection dynamics of Plasmodium chabaudi in mice infected with 3 genetically distinct clones--1 less virulent than the other 2--either on their own or in mixtures. During the acute phase of infection, total numbers of asexual parasites in mixed-clone infections were equal to those produc...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2003
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