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Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

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Malaria infected red blood cells (pRBC) with IgM (violet) and PfEMP1 (yellow) on their surface attract uninfected red blood cells (RBC) forming a rosette.

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Reetesh Raj Akhouri

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