Malaria has been a major global health problem of humans through history and is a leading
cause of death and disease across many tropical and subtropical countries. Over the last …

Protozoan parasites have developed elaborate motility systems that facilitate infection and
dissemination. For example, amoebae use actin-rich membrane extensions called …

Apicomplexan parasites exhibit tremendous diversity in much of their fundamental cell
biology, but study of these organisms using light microscopy is often hindered by their small …

Malaria accounts for an enormous burden of disease globally, with Plasmodium falciparum
accounting for the majority of malaria, and P. vivax being a second important cause …

Plasmodium falciparum malaria, an infectious disease caused by a parasitic protozoan,
claims the lives of nearly a million children each year in Africa alone and is a top public …

The most severe form of malaria is caused by Plasmodium falciparum. These parasites
invade human erythrocytes, and an essential step in this process involves the ligand PfRh5 …

During blood stage Plasmodium falciparum infection, merozoites invade uninfected
erythrocytes via a complex, multistep process involving a series of distinct receptor-ligand …

Plasmodium species cause malaria by proliferating in human erythrocytes. Invasion of
immunologically privileged erythrocytes provides a relatively protective niche as well as …

Malaria is a major disease of humans caused by protozoan parasites from the genus
Plasmodium. It has a complex life cycle; however, asexual parasite infection within the blood …

Plasmodium falciparum parasites in the merozoite stage invade human erythrocytes and
cause malaria. Invasion requires multiple interactions between merozoite ligands and …