Article
Dynamic interactions in malaria: host heterogeneity meets parasite polymorphism.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Sept 1995
Gupta S, Hill A V
Abstract excerpt
The spectrum of disease severity in Plasmodium falciparum malaria can be attributed to heterogeneity in parasite virulence or to heterogeneity in host factors. However, the two are not necessarily separate explanations for the same phenomena: they may actually complement each other. The conjoint effects of host and parasite heterogeneity can serve to explain certain intriguing epidemiological observations, such...
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