title: Mathematics and malaria.
abstract: Populations of malaria parasites are strongly influenced by their interactions with human immunity, and a better understanding of these interactions can help to explain why the risks from this potentially lethal disease vary according to location and age.
authors.affiliation: , a senior editor on  eLife , is in the  Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and the Centre for Global Health Research ,  University of Toronto ,  Canada jhap@smh.ca.
authors.forename: Prabhat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jha
mesh_terms: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics*; D017125:Genes, Protozoan; D018503:Genome, Protozoan; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000276:immunology*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000235:genetics*; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; C085731:erythrocyte membrane protein 1, Plasmodium falciparum