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Certain malaria parasites use a mechanism to cross the blood–brain barrier – News-Medical.Net
Malaria is one of the most common causes of death in children in Africa and is triggered by a small parasite that lives in the blood. When the parasite builds up…
Malaria is one of the most common causes of death in children in Africa and is triggered by a small parasite that lives in the blood. When the parasite builds up in the blood vessels of the brain, it develops into one of the most dangerous forms of the disease, cerebral malaria.
So far, it has been the understanding that the malaria parasite was not able to penetrate the actual brain tissue, but now researchers from the University of Copenhagen have found malaria parasites can do that and have mapped…
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