During the asexual cycle, Plasmodium falciparum extensively remodels the human
erythrocyte to make it a suitable host cell. A large number of exported proteins facilitate this …

The primary antigenic and virulence determinant of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium
falciparum is a variant surface protein called PfEMP1. Different forms of PfEMP1 are …

African apes harbour at least six Plasmodium species of the subgenus Laverania, one of
which gave rise to human Plasmodium falciparum. Here we use a selective amplification …

Chondroitin sulfates are linear anionic sulfated polysaccharides found in biological tissues,
mainly within the extracellular matrix, which are degraded and altered by specific lyases …

Repetitive low complexity sequences, mostly assumed to have no function, are common in
proteins that are exported by the malaria parasite into its host erythrocyte. We identify a …

The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum possesses a unique Acetyl-CoA Synthetase
(PfACS), which provides acetyl moieties for different metabolic and regulatory cellular …

Pregnancy-associated malaria commonly involves the binding of Plasmodium falciparum-
infected erythrocytes to placental chondroitin sulfate A (CSA) through the PfEMP1 …

Malaria is a public health concern worldwide, and Togo has proven to be no exception.
Effective approaches to provide information on biological insights for disease elimination are …

Changes in the erythrocyte membrane induced by Plasmodium falciparum invasion allow
cytoadhesion of infected erythrocytes (IEs) to the host endothelium, which can lead to severe …

Backgroud Streptococcus agalactiae is a common colonizer of the rectovaginal tract and
lead to infectious diseases of neonatal and non-pregnant adults, which also causes …