Robert Ménard: Tailing malaria parasites to the red blood cell
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Robert Ménard: Tailing malaria parasites to the red blood cell
The most elusive period in Plasmodium's life cycle spans from the moment a human feels the sting of an infected mosquito to the time the victim starts to shiver—a sign that the parasite has infected the red blood cells. During this interval, the bugs are few in number, and they dash to the liver at high speeds. At the Pasteur Institute in Paris, Robert Ménard spies on the parasites' journey in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1540-9538,0022-1007
DOI: 10.1084/jem.2054pi