BIOLOGY OF HUMAN MALARIA PLASMODIA INCLUDING PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI
Malaria is a vector-borne infection caused by unicellular parasite of the genus Plasmodium. Plasmodia are obligate intracellular parasites that in humans after a clinically silent replication phase in the liver are able to infect and replicate within the erythrocytes. Four species (P.falciparum, P.m...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2012-03-01
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Series: | Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/333 |