Journal article
Superinfection in malaria: Plasmodium shows its iron will
- Abstract:
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After the bite of a malaria-infected mosquito, the Plasmodium sporozoite infects liver cells and produces thousands of merozoites, which then infect red blood cells, causing malaria. In malaria-endemic areas, several hundred infected mosquitoes can bite an individual each year, increasing the risk of superinfection. However, in infants that are yet to acquire immunity, superinfections are infrequent. We have recently shown that blood-stage parasitaemia, above a minimum threshold, impairs the ...
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- Journal:
- EMBO Reports
- Volume:
- 12
- Issue:
- 12
- Pages:
- 1233-1242
- Publication date:
- 2011-12-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1469-3178
- ISSN:
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1469-221X
- Source identifiers:
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221614
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- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
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pubs:221614
- UUID:
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uuid:d9ac15d1-05ca-4612-9701-008f110266d9
- Local pid:
- pubs:221614
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2011
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