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Why is Babesia not killed by artemisinin like Plasmodium?

Babesia spp. are intraerythrocytic apicomplexans that digest and utilize red blood cells in a similar way to intraerythrocytic Plasmodium spp., but unlike the latter, are not sensitive to artemisinin. A comparison of Babesia and Plasmodium genomes revealed that Babesia genomes, which are smaller tha...

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Autores principales: Si, Wenwen, Fang, Chuantao, Liu, Chuang, Yin, Meng, Xu, Wenyue, Li, Yanna, Yan, Xiaoli, Shen, Yujuan, Cao, Jianping, Sun, Jun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10249562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37291657
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-023-05783-4