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Malaria blood-stage infection and its control by the immune system.
Folia biologica - 1 Jan 2000
Perlmann P, Troye-Blomberg M
Abstract excerpt
Malaria is caused by the protozoon Plasmodium, transmitted to humans by Anopheles mosquitoes. The most dangerous of the plasmodia infecting humans is Plasmodium falciparum. The disease is caused by those parasite stages which multiply asexually in red blood cells. In non-immune individuals, P. falciparum may cause severe and life-threatening disease. Another risk group is constituted by pregnant women,...
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