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Nature 450, 955-956 (13 December 2007) | doi:10.1038/450955a; Published online 12 December 2007
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Malaria: Differential parasite drive
Giel G. van Dooren1 & Geoffrey I. McFadden2
Abstract
Our knowledge of the inner workings of malaria parasites comes largely from lab-based studies. But parasites growing in humans may have greater metabolic flexibility than those growing in Petri dishes.
Malaria parasites kill more than a million people every year. These minuscule organisms, belonging to the genus Plasmodium, ensconce themselves inside our red blood cells.
- Giel G. van Dooren is at the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA.
Email: giel@uga.edu - Geoffrey I. McFadden is at the Plant Cell Biology Research Centre, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
Email: gim@unimelb.edu.au
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