Dormant malaria parsites in red blood cells may contribute to treatment failure
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 10:00
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at the University of South Florida (USF) College of Public College Health have shown for the first time in a rodent model that the earliest form of malaria parasites can lay dormant in red blood cells and "wake up," or recover, following treatment with the antimalarial drug artesunate.
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