Immune Evasion Strategies of Pre-Erythrocytic Malaria Parasites

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans. It begins with a bite from an infected female Anopheles mosquito and leads to the development of the pre-erythrocytic and blood stages. Blood-stage infection is the exclusive cause of clinical symptoms of malaria. In contrast, the pre-erythro...

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Main Authors: Hong Zheng (Author), Zhangping Tan (Author), Wenyue Xu (Author)
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Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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