Pathogenicity Determinants of the Human Malaria Parasite <named-content content-type="genus-species">Plasmodium falciparum</named-content> Have Ancient Origins
ABSTRACT Plasmodium falciparum, the most deadly of the human malaria parasites, is a member of the Laverania subgenus that also infects African Great Apes. The virulence of P. falciparum is related to cytoadhesion of infected erythrocytes in microvasculature, but the origin of dangerous parasite adh...
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American Society for Microbiology
2017
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