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Hemozoin activates the innate immune system and reduces Plasmodium berghei infection in Anopheles gambiae

BACKGROUND: Malaria is a worldwide infectious disease caused by Plasmodium parasites and transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes. The malaria vector mosquito Anopheles can trigger effective mechanisms to control completion of the Plasmodium lifecycle; the mosquito immune response to the parasite...

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Autores principales: Simões, Maria L, Gonçalves, Luzia, Silveira, Henrique
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4297457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25573379
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-014-0619-y