Ultrastructural analysis of fresh Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes and their cytoadherence to human leukocytes.

Sixty fresh Plasmodium falciparum isolates obtained from Gambian children with mild or cerebral malaria were investigated by transmission electron microscopy for the expression of knob-like protrusions (K+) on the surface of the infected erythrocytes. More than six-hundred infected erythrocytes were...

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Main Authors: Ruangjirachuporn, W, Afzelius, B, Helmby, H, Hill, A, Greenwood, B, Carlson, J, Berzins, K, Perlmann, P, Wahlgren, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1992