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Variant- and strain-specific immunity in Saimiri infected with Plasmodium falciparum.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Feb 1998
Fandeur T, Chalvet W
Abstract excerpt
Variant- and strain-specific immunity to malaria in Saimiri monkeys infected with homologous O and R variants of the Palo Alto strain (FUPSP) of Plasmodium falciparum or by various heterologous divergent strains were studied. Following homologous reinfections, the primary immune response in monkeys was effective only against the same variant type but not against the other variant, which differed only by antigens...
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