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Plasmodium vivax: paroxysm-associated lipids mediate leukocyte aggregation

BACKGROUND: Paroxysms are recurrent febrile episodes, characteristic of Plasmodium vivax infections, which coincide with the rupture of schizont-infected erythrocytes in the patients' circulation. The present study describes the formation of prominent aggregates of leukocytes in vitro in the pr...

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Autores principales: Karunaweera, Nadira, Wanasekara, Deepani, Chandrasekharan, Vishvanath, Mendis, Kamini, Carter, Richard
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1891311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17517147
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-6-62