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Cytokines in the Pathogenesis of and Protection against Malaria

Iñigo Angulo, Manuel Fresno

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Malaria is caused by the protozoan Plasmodium , transmitted to humans by Anopheles mosquitoes. The most dangerous of the plasmodia infecting humans is Plasmodium falciparum . Most of the clinical signs of this disease are caused by the parasite at stages in which it multiplies asexually in red blood

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Malaria is caused by the protozoan Plasmodium , transmitted to humans by Anopheles mosquitoes. The most dangerous of the plasmodia infecting humans is Plasmodium falciparum . Most of the clinical signs of this disease are caused by the parasite at stages in which it multiplies asexually in red blood

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Malaria is caused by the protozoan Plasmodium , transmitted to humans by Anopheles mosquitoes. The most dangerous of the plasmodia infecting humans is Plasmodium falciparum . Most of the clinical signs of this disease are caused by the parasite at stages in which it multiplies asexually in red blood

Key concepts: Malaria, Pathogenesis, Immunology, Virology, Medicine

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