Establishment of an in vitro assay for assessing the effects of drugs on the liver stages of Plasmodium vivax malaria.

Plasmodium vivax (Pv) is the second most important human malaria parasite. Recent data indicate that the impact of Pv malaria on the health and economies of the developing world has been dramatically underestimated. Pv has a unique feature in its life cycle. Uninucleate sporozoites (spz), after inva...

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Main Authors: Rana Chattopadhyay, Soundarapandian Velmurugan, Chinnamma Chakiath, Lucy Andrews Donkor, Wilbur Milhous, John W Barnwell, William E Collins, Stephen L Hoffman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3000326?pdf=render