Profiling malaria-causing parasites

The majority of fatal cases of malaria are caused by infection with the parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Most at risk are young children and women who are pregnant. Researchers have now developed an approach to profile P. falciparum parasites in such a way that they were able to identify parasite genes associated with severe infection, information that they hope will lead to the characterization of biomarkers of disease severity and targets for new intervention strategies.

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