Accounting for red blood cell accessibility reveals distinct invasion strategies in Plasmodium falciparum strains
Francisco Y. Cai, Tiffany M. DeSimone, Elsa Hansen, Cameron V. Jennings, Amy Kristine Bei, Ambroise Dioum Ahouidi, Souleymane Mboup, Manoj T. Duraisingh, Caroline O. Buckee
The paper shows that Plasmodium falciparum strains use different invasion strategies based on red blood cell age and accessibility, revealing specialist and generalist behaviors affecting parasitemia.
PLoS Computational Biology · Apr 21, 2020Peer-reviewedSystems Biology