Plasmodium berghei EXP-1 interacts with host Apolipoprotein H during Plasmodium liver-stage development [Cell Biology]

The first, obligatory replication phase of malaria parasite infections is characterized by rapid expansion and differentiation of single parasites in liver cells, resulting in the formation and release of thousands of invasive merozoites into the bloodstream. Hepatic Plasmodium development occurs inside a specialized membranous compartment termed the parasitophorous vacuole (PV)....

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