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Erythrocyte remodeling by malaria parasites
26 Mar 2007
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Plasmodium falciparum causes the most virulent form of human malarias. It is a protozoan parasite that infects human erythrocytes and the erythrocytic stages are responsible for all symptoms and pathologies of the disease. Critical to infection is the formation of a parasitophorous vacuolar membrane at the time of entry and within which the intracellular parasite proliferates. Since...
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