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High Yield Purification of Plasmodium falciparum Merozoites For Use in Opsonizing Antibody Assays
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Che Julius Ngwa1, Gabriele Pradel1
1Cellular and Applied Infection Biology Section, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Trends in Parasitology
|December 24, 2014
Abstract:
The beneficial health effect of gut probiotics has been known since its discovery by Élie Metchnikoff. A new study has linked the microbiome of the human gut with immunity against malaria infections. Gut probiotics represent innovative tools for malaria prevention and lead the way to novel types of vaccination strategies.
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