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Abstract
The erythrocytic asexual reproduction cycle of Plasmodium falciparum, the most lethal malaria parasite in humans, starts with the invasion of a red blood cell by a merozoite and ends with the release of up to 32 new copies of itself in about 48 hours. A new study reveals that merozoite release is an explosive event ensuring the dispersal of these non-motile parasites for optimal re-invasion of new red cells.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID： 16169475 DOI： 10.1016/j.cub.2005.08.059
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Biol ISSN： 0960-9822 Impact factor: 10.834