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Università della Svizzera italiana

The antibody response to Plasmodium falciparum : cues for vaccine design and the discovery of receptor-based antibodies

Tan, Joshua ; Piccoli, Luca ; Lanzavecchia, Antonio

In: Annual Review of Immunology

P. falciparum remains a serious public health problem and a continuous challenge for the immune system due to the complexity and diversity of the pathogen. Recent advances from several laboratories in the characterization of the antibody response to the parasite have led to the identification of critical targets for protection and revealed a new mechanism of diversification based on the...

Université de Fribourg

Evaluation of extracellular vesicle function during malaria infection

Andrea Hernández-Castañeda, María ; Mbagwu, Smart Ikechukwu ; Babatunde, Kehinde Adebayo ; Walch, Michael ; Filgueira, Luis ; Mantel, Pierre-Yves

In: JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), 2018, no. 132, p. e57067

Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by Plasmodium parasites, with P. falciparum being the most prevalent on the African continent and responsible for most malaria-related deaths globally. Several factors including parasite sequestration in tissues, vascular dysfunction, and inflammatory responses influence the evolution of the disease in malaria-infected people. P. falciparum-infected...

Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

Current Challenges in Travelers' Malaria

Schlagenhauf, Patricia ; Petersen, Eskild

In: Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2013, vol. 15, no. 4, p. 307-315

Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

MalaQuick™ versus ParaSight F® as a diagnostic aid in travellers' malaria

Funk, Maia ; Schlagenhauf, Patricia ; Tschopp, Alois ; Steffen, Robert

In: Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1999, vol. 93, no. 3, p. 268-272