Iron, anemia and hepcidin in malaria
Malaria and iron have a complex but important relationship. Plasmodium proliferation requires iron, both during the clinically silent liver stage of growth and in the disease-associated phase of erythrocyte infection. Precisely how the protozoan acquires its iron from its mammalian host remains uncl...
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-05-01
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| Sraith: | Frontiers in Pharmacology |
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| Rochtain ar líne: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2014.00125/full |