Observing Malaria Infection at the Right Spot in the Human Host
After entering the human host, the Plasmodium parasite is present in different forms during its life cycle as malaria develops (Figure 1). In the so-called blood phase [3], the merozoite form invades erythrocytes (red blood cells), evolves through different stages, and generates about 30 daughter merozoites that emerge from the infected host cell ready to attack …
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