Hidden Biomass of Intact Malaria Parasites in the Human Spleen

N Engl J Med. 2021 May 27;384(21):2067-2069. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2023884.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Asymptomatic Infections
  • Biomass
  • Child
  • Erythrocytes / parasitology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Malaria, Falciparum / parasitology
  • Malaria, Vivax / parasitology
  • Male
  • Plasmodium falciparum / isolation & purification*
  • Plasmodium vivax / isolation & purification*
  • Spleen / parasitology*
  • Splenectomy
  • Young Adult