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Antigenic Variation in Malaria

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Immunity to Blood Parasites of Animals and Man

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 93))

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Like most protozoan infections malaria is usually chronic. Even in the absence of persistent exoerythrocytic infection parasites may remain in the blood for months after antiplasmodial antibody is detectable in the serum.

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Brown, K.N. (1977). Antigenic Variation in Malaria. In: Miller, L.H., Pino, J.A., McKelvey, J.J. (eds) Immunity to Blood Parasites of Animals and Man. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 93. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8855-9_2

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