Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 2 , Pages 148-156 , February 2002

A model of development of acquired immunity to malaria in humans living under endemic conditions

Received 19 February 2001 ,Accepted 5 July 2001.

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doi: 10.1054/mehy.2001.1497

Medical Hypotheses
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