Cytoadhesion of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes and the infected placenta: a two-way pathway
Malaria is undoubtedly the world's most devastating parasitic disease, affecting 300 to 500 million people every year. Some cases of Plasmodium falciparum infection progress to the deadly forms of the disease responsible for 1 to 3 million deaths annually. P. falciparum-infected erythrocytes ad...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2006-12-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006001200003 |