Deletion of a Malaria Invasion Gene Reduces Death and Anemia, in Model Hosts

Malaria parasites induce complex cellular and clinical phenotypes, including anemia, cerebral malaria and death in a wide range of mammalian hosts. Host genes and parasite ‘toxins’ have been implicated in malarial disease, but the contribution of parasite genes remains to be fully defined. Here we a...

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Main Authors: Gómez, Noé D., Safeukui, Innocent, Adelani, Aanuoluwa A., Tewari, Rita, Reddy, Janardan K., Rao, Sam, Holder, Anthony, Buffet, Pierre, Mohandas, Narla, Haldar, Kasturi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3182240/