Essential role for PfHSP40 in asexual replication and thermotolerance of malaria parasites.

Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite responsible for nearly all cases of severe malaria, must survive challenging environments to persist in its human host. Symptomatic malaria is characterized by periodic fevers corresponding to the 48-hour asexual reproduction of P. falciparum in red blood cells. A...

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Main Authors: Brianne Roper, Deepika Kannan, Emily S Mathews, Audrey R Odom John
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-07-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013313
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