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<i>Plasmodium</i> sporozoites require the protein B9 to invade hepatocytes

2021-10-26

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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> Plasmodium sporozoites are transmitted to a mammalian host during blood feeding by an infected mosquito and invade hepatocytes for initial replication of the parasite in the liver. This leads to the release of thousands of merozoites into the blood circulation and initiation of the pathogenic blood stages of malaria. Merozoite invasion of erythrocytes has been well characterized at the molecular...

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679b11b5-06f0-5dbd-8515-61c1c408f099
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10.1101/2021.10.25.465731
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