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This project investigates how the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum maintains low levels of infection during the dry season in Africa, despite the absence of mosquito vectors. It aims to understand the parasite's gene expression and replication mechanisms that prevent clinical disease in children while ensuring tr…
Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for over 200 million yearly malaria cases and the major burden is upon African children.
Public health strategies to control and ultimately eradicate malaria are very much needed.
In Africa, seasonal transmission of this mosquito-borne parasite is very common.
Infections in adults are clinically silent whilst in children it generally leads to clinical disease with nearly half a million deaths each year.
The dry season represents a major challenge for the para…
UNIVERSITATSKLINIKUM HEIDELBERG
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