Parasite Strain-Specific Factors Determine Malaria Disease Severity (4 of 8) (IMAGE)

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Parasite Strain-Specific Factors Determine Malaria Disease Severity (4 of 8)

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Controlled malaria infections, where people are deliberately exposed to mosquitoes carrying the parasite, allow scientists to study how disease severity varies between strains.

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Radboudumc, Frank Muller

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