Active migration and passive transport of malaria parasites

Highlights • Plasmodium undergoes active migration and passive transport during its lifecycle. • Recent literature displays misunderstanding as to when different movement types are used by Plasmodium. • Different dissemination strategies can be targeted by different types of prophylatics and therape...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Trends in parasitology 2015-08, Vol.31 (8), p.357-362
Hauptverfasser:	Douglas, Ross G, Amino, Rogerio, Sinnis, Photini, Frischknecht, Freddy
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	active migration Animals Antimalarials - therapeutic use Culicidae - parasitology drug targeting Gastroenterology and Hepatology Host-Parasite Interactions - physiology Humans Infectious Disease Life Cycle Stages - physiology Malaria - drug therapy Malaria - parasitology parasite dissemination passive transport Plasmodium - physiology Skin - parasitology Sporozoites - physiology vaccine design
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • Plasmodium undergoes active migration and passive transport during its lifecycle. • Recent literature displays misunderstanding as to when different movement types are used by Plasmodium. • Different dissemination strategies can be targeted by different types of prophylatics and therapeutics.
ISSN:	1471-4922 1471-5007
DOI:	10.1016/j.pt.2015.04.010