Article
Multiplication rate variation of malaria parasites from hospital cases and community infections.
Scientific reports - 3 Jan 2025
Stewart Lindsay B, Escolar Elena Lantero, Philpott James, Claessens Antoine, Amambua-Ngwa Alfred, Conway David J
Abstract excerpt
The significance of multiplication rate variation in malaria parasites needs to be determined, particularly for Plasmodium falciparum, the species that causes most virulent infections. To investigate this, parasites from cases presenting to hospital in The Gambia and from local community infections were culture-established and then tested under exponential growth conditions in a standardised six-day...
Topics
- Humans
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Malaria, Falciparum
- Gambia
- Parasitemia
- Genotype
- Female
