A model for the sequential dominance of antigenic variants in African trypanosome infections.

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Published in Proc Biol Sci on July 07, 1999

Authors

S A Frank1

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1: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine 92697-2525, USA.

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