Plasmodium falciparum transmission stages accumulate in the human bone marrow

Science Translational Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 244, 2014, Pages

  Joice, Regina ^a   Nilsson, Sandra K ^a   Montgomery, Jacqui ^b,c   Dankwa, Selasi ^a   Egan, Elizabeth ^a   Morahan, Belinda ^d   Seydel, Karl B ^b,e   Bertuccini, Lucia ^f   Alano, Pietro ^f   Williamson, Kim C ^d   Duraisingh, Manoj T ^a   Taylor, Terrie E ^b,e   Milner, Danny A ^a,b,g   Marti, Matthias ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW; BRAIN MALARIA; CELL ADHESION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELL; EXTRAVASCULAR SPACE; GAMETOCYTE; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRANSMISSION;

BONE MARROW; CHILD; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84904488876     PISSN: 19466234     EISSN: 19466242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3008882     Document Type: Article

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