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A comparison of malarial antigens from human and Aotus monkey blood infected with Plasmodium falciparum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

R. J. M. Wilson  and
A. Voller
R. J. M. Wilson
Affiliation:
M.R.C.Laboratories, Fajara, The Gambia, West Africa
A. Voller
Affiliation:
Nuffield Institute of Comparative Medicine, The Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, N. W. 1
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Extract

An extract of blood from Aotus monkeys infected with Plasmodium falciparum contained all the clones of malaria precipitins so far identified in human blood.

We are grateful to the Medical Research Council and Overseas Development Administration of Great Britain and to the World Health Organization for their financial assistance.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 64 , Issue 2 , April 1972 , pp. 191 - 195
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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