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Anti-malarial Effect of Interferon Inducers at Different Stages of Development of Plasmodium berghei in the Mouse

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THREE interferon inducers, statolon1, Newcastle disease virus2 (NDV) and a double stranded copolymer of poly-riboinosinic acid and polyribocytidylic acid3, protect mice against a protozoal infection, Plasmodium berghei malaria4. Our object has been to study the protective effect of interferon inducers at different stages of development of P. berghei in mice.

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    RENÉ I. JAHIEL, RUTH S. NUSSENZWEIG, JEROME VANDERBERG & JAN VILČEK

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JAHIEL, R., NUSSENZWEIG, R., VANDERBERG, J. et al. Anti-malarial Effect of Interferon Inducers at Different Stages of Development of Plasmodium berghei in the Mouse. Nature 220, 710–711 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/220710a0

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