Malaria-infected cells stiffen, block blood flow
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 17:00
in Health & Medicine
Although the incidence of malaria has declined in all but a few countries worldwide, according to a World Health Organization report earlier this month, malaria remains a global threat. Nearly 800,000 people succumbed to the mosquito-borne disease in 2009, nearly all of them in the developing world.