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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
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Dependence of Plasmodium falciparum In Vitro Growth on the Cation Permeability of the Human Host Erythrocyte
Intraerythrocyte growth of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum induces a Ca2+-permeable unselective cation conductance in… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Chromosome-wide SNPs reveal an ancient origin for Plasmodium falciparum
The Malaria's Eve hypothesis, proposing a severe recent population bottleneck (about 3,000–5,000 years ago) of the human malaria… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The pfmdr1 Gene Is Associated with a Multidrug-Resistant Phenotype in Plasmodium falciparumfrom the Western Border of Thailand
ABSTRACT On the western border of Thailand, Plasmodium falciparum has become resistant to almost all antimalarial agents. The… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Malaria, the submerged disease.
MALARIA is one of the major infectious diseases in the world today despite years of efforts first to eradicate it and… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Potential vectors of malaria and their different susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in northern Brazil identified by immunoassay.
During the period from May 1983 to July 1985 we conducted an epidemiological study to determine potential vectors of malaria in 6… 
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
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Polymorphism of a high molecular weight schizont antigen of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
Intraspecies antigenic diversity in the blood stages of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum was investigated using a… 
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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