Role of host cell traversal by the malaria sporozoite during liver infection

Malaria infection starts when the sporozoite stage of the Plasmodium parasite is injected into the skin by a mosquito. Sporozoites are known to traverse host cells before finally invading a hepatocyte and multiplying into erythrocyte-infecting forms, but how sporozoites reach hepatocytes in the live...

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Published in:	The Journal of experimental medicine Vol. 210; no. 5; p. 905
Main Authors:	Tavares, Joana, Formaglio, Pauline, Thiberge, Sabine, Mordelet, Elodie, Van Rooijen, Nico, Medvinsky, Alexander, Ménard, Robert, Amino, Rogerio
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 06.05.2013
Subjects:	Animals Anopheles - parasitology Cell Death Cell Movement Endothelial Cells - parasitology Endothelial Cells - pathology Female Green Fluorescent Proteins - metabolism Host-Parasite Interactions - immunology Kupffer Cells - parasitology Kupffer Cells - pathology Liver - parasitology Liver - pathology Malaria - parasitology Malaria - pathology Male Mice Mice, Inbred C57BL Plasmodium berghei - cytology Plasmodium berghei - physiology Sporozoites - cytology Sporozoites - physiology
ISSN:	1540-9538, 1540-9538
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