Study reveals an immune evasion strategy used by Plasmodium (IMAGE)

Immunity & Inflammation

Study reveals an immune evasion strategy used by Plasmodium

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Plasmodium uses phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) to prevent the exposure of phosphatidylserine on the surface of infected red blood cells to prevent host recognition

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theglobalpanorama from Openverse Image source link: https://openverse.org/image/ec2d1572-4eb2-4ad4-b54f-7d340f4fc50d?q=plasmodium&p=9

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