Surprise Discovery in The Human Spleen Could ‘Redefine’ What We Know About Malaria – ScienceAlert

Scientists thought that the spleen is where malaria parasites go to die.
Now, a team of researchers has discovered “a surprisingly large” amount of live Plasmodium parasites hiding out in the spleens of people with chronic malaria infections.
The discovery adds a new dimension to the multistep life cycle of mosquito-borne malaria parasites, some of which can lay dormant in the liver before bursting out into the bloodstream to multiply and spread.
It also helps to explain why chronic cases of malaria…

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