Febrile Temperatures Induce Cytoadherence of Ring-Stage Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes

In falciparum malaria, the malaria parasite induces changes at the infected red blood cell surface that lead to adherence to vascular endothelium and other red blood cells. As a result, the more mature stages of Plasmodium falciparum are sequestered in the microvasculature and cause vital organ dysf...

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