Malaria and Hookworms Battle for Red Blood Cells (IMAGE)

Princeton University

Malaria and Hookworms Battle for Red Blood Cells

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By looking at malaria infections (yellow) and hookworms (grey) as competitors battling over a key resource -- red blood cells -- Princeton ecologists Andrea Graham and Sarah Budischak were able to explain why some co-infected patients got sicker after being dewormed: without the hookworms to keep them in check, the malaria infection can run rampant.

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Illustration by Matilda Luk/Office of Communications/Princeton University

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