Article
Consequences of multiple infection with Plasmodium falciparum in an area of high endemicity.
Parassitologia - 1 Sept 1999
Smith T, Felger I, Beck H P, Tanner M
Abstract excerpt
Most Plasmodium falciparum infections occur in partially immune hosts in highly endemic areas. In such situations, many hosts are simultaneously infected with multiple parasite genotypes, which must lead to intense competition between different parasite populations. We here summarise a series of studies of multiple infection, mostly using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment polymorphism (PCR-RFLP)...
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