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Species-specific escape of Plasmodium sporozoites from oocysts of avian, rodent, and human malarial parasites

BACKGROUND: Malaria is transmitted when an infected mosquito delivers Plasmodium sporozoites into a vertebrate host. There are many species of Plasmodium and, in general, the infection is host-specific. For example, Plasmodium gallinaceum is an avian parasite, while Plasmodium berghei infects mice....

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Autores principales: Orfano, Alessandra S., Nacif-Pimenta, Rafael, Duarte, Ana P. M., Villegas, Luis M., Rodrigues, Nilton B., Pinto, Luciana C., Campos, Keillen M. M., Pinilla, Yudi T., Chaves, Bárbara, Barbosa Guerra, Maria G. V., Monteiro, Wuelton M., Smith, Ryan C., Molina-Cruz, Alvaro, Lacerda, Marcus V. G., Secundino, Nágila F. C., Jacobs-Lorena, Marcelo, Barillas-Mury, Carolina, Pimenta, Paulo F. P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4969971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27480269
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1451-y