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Can mutation and selection explain virulence in human P. falciparum infections?

Malaria journal - 2 Mar 2004

Hastings Ian M, Paget-McNicol S, Saul A

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BACKGROUND: Parasites incur periodic mutations which must ultimately be eliminated to maintain their genetic integrity. METHODS: It is hypothesised that these mutations are eliminated not by the conventional mechanisms of competition between parasites in different hosts but primarily by competition between parasites within the same infection. RESULTS: This process is enhanced by the production of a large number...

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PMID: 14992697
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-3-2
PMCID: PMC394339

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