Elimination of Hepatic Rodent Plasmodium Parasites by Amino Acid Supplementation

Summary: Plasmodium parasites, causative agents of malaria, scavenge host nutrients to sustain their intracellular replication. Modulation of the host's nutritional status can potentially help control infection by limiting the parasite's access to nutrients, or by boosting the immune syste...

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Main Authors: Patrícia Meireles, Daniela Brás, Diana Fontinha, Ângelo F. Chora, Karine Serre, António M. Mendes, Miguel Prudêncio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004220309780