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

The genomes of malaria parasites contain many genes of unknown function. To assist drug
development through the identification of essential genes and pathways, we have measured …

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

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 …

The complexity of soil bacterial communities has thus far confounded effective
measurement. However, with improved analytical methods, we show that the abundance …

The malaria parasite is the most important member of the Apicomplexa, a large and highly
successful phylum of intracellular parasites. Invasion of host cells allows apicomplexan …

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

The human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax is responsible for 25–40% of the∼ 515
million annual cases of malaria worldwide. Although seldom fatal, the parasite elicits severe …

Erythrocyte invasion by the merozoite is an obligatory stage in Plasmodium parasite
infection and essential to malaria disease progression. Attempts to study this process have …