Host vascular endothelial growth factor is trophic for Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells.
Plasmodium falciparum, the protozoan parasite responsible for severe malaria infection, undergoes a complex life cycle. Infected red blood cells (iRBC) sequester in host cerebral microvessels, which underlies the pathology of cerebral malaria. Using immunohistochemistry on post mortem brain samples,...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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