Publication Date:
2016-06-22
Description:
The first few days of exposure to Plasmodium sporozoites following a mosquito bite is a critical stage of malaria infection. From the bite site, sporozoites quickly migrate through the bloodstream and invade hepatocytes. Hepatocyte invasion occurs via invagination of the host cell plasma membrane, which parasites use to form a...
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Electronic ISSN:
1091-6490
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
,
Natural Sciences in General
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