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Innate immunity to malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.
Clinical and investigative medicine. Medecine clinique et experimentale - 1 Dec 2002
Smith Todd G, Ayi Kodjo, Serghides Lena, Mcallister Caroline D, Kain Kevin C
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Malaria, a widespread disease caused by protozoa of the genus Plasmodium, contributes to the death of more than 2 million people each year. Resistance to antimalarial drugs is increasing, and an effective vaccine has not yet been designed. In the search for alternative means to control malaria infections, especially those caused by the most lethal species of malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, our attention...
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