On the Cytoadhesion of <i>Plasmodium vivax</i> –Infected Erythrocytes

O. Carvalho, Bruna; Costa Pinto Lopes, Stefanie; Afonso Nogueira, Paulo; Puccinelli Orlandi, Patrícia; Y. Bargieri, Daniel; C. Blanco, Yara; Luciano Mamoni, Ronei; Almeida Leite, Juliana; M. Rodrigues, Maurício; S. Soares, Irene; Rodrigues de Oliveira, Tatiane; Wunderlich, Gerhard; Lacerda, Marcus; A. del Portillo, Hernando; Ophelia Galvāo de Araujo, Maria; Russell, Bruce; Suwanarusk, Rossarin; Snounou, Georges; Rénia, Laurent; Trindade Maranhão Costa, Fábio

doi:10.1086/654815

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On the Cytoadhesion of Plasmodium vivax –Infected Erythrocytes

Published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases • Jul 11, 2010

Authors:

Bruna O. Carvalho

Stefanie Costa Pinto Lopes

Paulo Afonso Nogueira

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax are responsible for most of the global burden of malaria. Although the accentuated pathogenicity of P. falciparum occurs because of sequestration of the mature erythrocytic forms in the microvasculature, this phenomenon has not yet been noted in...

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Biology

Plasmodium vivax

Plasmodium falciparum

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