Malaria parasite's partiality for the spleen (IMAGE)

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Malaria parasite's partiality for the spleen

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PET imaging of a participant following experimental P. vivax infection. The arrowhead highlights increased glucose uptake in the spleen

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Woodford J, Gillman A, Jenvey P, Roberts J, Woolley S, Barber BE, et al. (2021) Positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in experimental human malaria to identify organ-specific changes in morphology and glucose metabolism: A prospective cohort study. PLoS Med 18(5): e1003567. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003567

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