Do co-morbidity and functional deficits independently contribute to quality of life before chemotherapy in elderly cancer patients?
IADL contributes to global QoL in addition to the known effect of KPS. In addition, co-morbidity independently influences global QoL in elderly cancer patients.
These results provide support for the participation of myosin in mosquito midgut invasion by Plasmodium ookinetes. The potential inclusion of this protein in the design of new multivalent vaccine strategies for blocking Plasmodium transmission is discussed.