TY - JOUR
T1 - A long and winding road
T2 - The Plasmodium sporozoite's journey in the mammalian host
AU - Sinnis, Photini
AU - Coppi, Alida
N1 - Funding Information:
P.S. would like to acknowledge the support of the National Institutes of Health (R01 AI056840) and Brandy Bennett for critically reviewing the manuscript.
PY - 2007/9
Y1 - 2007/9
N2 - The Plasmodium sporozoite, the infectious stage of the malaria parasite, makes a remarkable journey in its mammalian host. Here we review our current knowledge of the molecular and cellular basis of this journey, which begins in the skin and ends in the hepatocyte.
AB - The Plasmodium sporozoite, the infectious stage of the malaria parasite, makes a remarkable journey in its mammalian host. Here we review our current knowledge of the molecular and cellular basis of this journey, which begins in the skin and ends in the hepatocyte.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.parint.2007.04.002
DO - 10.1016/j.parint.2007.04.002
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17513164
AN - SCOPUS:34250777898
SN - 1383-5769
VL - 56
SP - 171
EP - 178
JO - Parasitology International
JF - Parasitology International
IS - 3
ER -