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By making some plausible assumptions, a set of differential equations is proposed which describes the kinetics of interaction between periodically multiplying parasites and continuously produced phagocytes. These equations establish some general conditions which are necessary in order that the number of parasites should increase or decrease. Some consequences of the equations are discussed, and some experimental procedures for the determination of the parameters entering those equations are suggested.
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Landahl, H.D. Outline of a mathematical theory of the removal of malarial parasites from the blood stream. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 6, 93–104 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02478239
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02478239