Blood Stage Plasmodium falciparum Exhibits Biological Responses to Direct Current Electric Fields.

The development of resistance to insecticides by the vector of malaria and the increasingly faster appearance of resistance to antimalarial drugs by the parasite can dangerously hamper efforts to control and eradicate the disease. Alternative ways to treat this disease are urgently needed. Here we e...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lorena M Coronado, Stephania Montealegre, Zumara Chaverra, Luis Mojica, Carlos Espinosa, Alejandro Almanza, Ricardo Correa, José A Stoute, Rolando A Gittens, Carmenza Spadafora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4990222?pdf=render