From marginal to essential: the golden thread between nutrient sensing, medium composition and Plasmodium vivax maturation in in vitro culture

Abstract Historically neglected, due to its biological peculiarities, the absence of a continuous long-term in vitro blood stage culture system and a propensity towards high morbidity rather than mortality, Plasmodium vivax was put back on the agenda during the last decade by the paradigm shift in t...

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Main Authors: Richard Thomson-Luque, John H. Adams, Clemens H. M. Kocken, Erica M. Pasini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:Malaria Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-019-2949-x