The effects of Plasmodium falciparum malaria on immune control of B lymphocytes in Gambian children.
Children living in hyperendemic malarious regions have high immunoglobulin levels and an increased frequency of Burkitt's lymphoma. In a study of Gambian children which endeavours to explain these findings we showed that acute P. falciparum malaria caused spontaneous activation and growth of th...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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1990
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