Malaria parasites undergo a rapid and extensive metamorphosis after invasion of the host erythrocyte
Aline Fréville, Flávia Fernandes Moreira-Leite, Camille Roussel, Matthew R. G. Russell, Aurélie Fricot, Valentine Carret, Abdoulaye Sissoko, Matthew John Hayes, Aissatou Bailo Diallo, Nicole Cristine Kerkhoven, Margarida Ressurreição, Safi Dokmak, Michael J. Blackman, Lucy Collinson, Pierre A. Buffet, , Christiaan van Ooij
This study shows that Plasmodium falciparum undergoes a rapid metamorphosis after invading erythrocytes, mediated by PV6, which aids parasite survival by altering erythrocyte surface area.
EMBO Reports · Apr 4, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology