Human natural killer cells control Plasmodium falciparum infection by eliminating infected red blood cells
Immunodeficient mouse–human chimeras provide a powerful approach to study host-specific pathogens, such as Plasmodium falciparum that causes human malaria. Supplementation of immunodeficient mice with human RBCs supports infection by human Plasmodium parasites, but these mice lack the human immune s...
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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/89110 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5687-6154 |