Positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in experimental human malaria to identify organ-specific changes in morphology and glucose metabolism: A prospective cohort study.
<h4>Background</h4>Plasmodium vivax has been proposed to infect and replicate in the human spleen and bone marrow. Compared to Plasmodium falciparum, which is known to undergo microvascular tissue sequestration, little is known about the behavior of P. vivax outside of the circulating co...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2021-05-01
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Series: | PLoS Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003567 |