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Plasmodium falciparum

Known as: Plasmodium (Laverania) falciparum, Plasmodium falciparums, falciparum plasmodium 
A protozoan parasite in the family Plasmodiidae. P. falciparum is transmitted by the female Anopheles mosquito and is a causative agent of malaria in… 
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Vitamin B6 Biosynthesis by the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum
Vitamin B6 is one of nature's most versatile cofactors. Most organisms synthesize vitamin B6 via a recently discovered pathway… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Double‐stranded RNA‐mediated gene silencing of cysteine proteases (falcipain‐1 and ‐2) of Plasmodium falciparum
Summary Malaria remains a public health problem of enormous magnitude, affecting over 500 million people every year. Lack of… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
In Vitro Plasmodium falciparum Drug Sensitivity Assay: Inhibition of Parasite Growth by Incorporation of Stomatocytogenic Amphiphiles into the Erythrocyte Membrane
ABSTRACT Lupeol, which shows in vitro inhibitory activity against Plasmodium falciparum 3D7 strain with a 50% inhibitory… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Molecular epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum infections among asymptomatic inhabitants of a holoendemic malarious area in northern Ghana
Age dependence of malaria infection was assessed in an age‐stratified cluster sample of 308 individuals from Kassena‐Nankana… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Plasmodium falciparum: molecular characterization of multidrug-resistant Cambodian isolates.
Clinical resistance to many therapies for malaria is a rapidly evolving problem in most endemic areas, particularly, Southeast… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Inhibition of Plasmodium falciparum in vitro by human gamma delta T cells.
As assessed by flow cytometry, human gamma delta T cells were shown here to inhibit replication of blood-stage Plasmodium… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Size variation in chromosomes from independent cultured isolates of Plasmodium falciparum
The complexity of the life cycle of the protozoan malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum has hindered genetic analysis1; even the… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Immune sera recognize on erythrocytes a Plasmodium falciparum antigen composed of repeated amino acid sequences
Protective immune responses against the asexual stages of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, are most probably… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Isolate-specific S-antigen of Plasmodium falciparum contains a repeated sequence of eleven amino acids
Antibodies raised against a Plasmodium falciparum protein expressed in Escherichia coli reacted with a 220,000-molecular weight… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Antigenic diversity in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
Monoclonal antibodies against blood forms of Plasmodium falciparum were used to demonstrate considerable antigenic diversity in… 
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