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Immunology: Robert Koch redux: malaria immunology in Papua New Guinea

Submitted by Kabogo on July 20, 2010 - 07:27
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DI Stanisic, I Mueller, I Betuela, P Siba, L Schofield
Reference: 
Parasite Immunology, Volume 32, Issue 8 (p 623-632)
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schofield@wehi.edu.au

Over a century ago, the malaria expedition of the brilliant microbiologist Robert Koch to the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) and German New Guinea (now Papua New Guinea, or PNG), resulted in profound observations that are still central to our current understanding of the epidemiology and acquisition of immunity to the malaria parasite Plasmodium.

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