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Nature Medicine 7, 153 (2001)
doi:10.1038/84582

Picky Plasmodium search for the perfect host

Kristine Novak

Although most parasites invade host cells by forming an internalization vacuole that carries them into the cell without disrupting the plasma membrane, Plasmodium spp. sporozoites have found a way to enter cells by a completely novel mechanism.