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Plasmodium falciparum malaria in an asplenic man |
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| Authors: | A Israeli M Shapiro M A Ephros |
| Abstract: | An asplenic man with no prior exposure to malaria was infected with Plasmodium falciparum on a visit to Kenya. The peripheral blood showed a parasitaemia of 5% and displayed all developmental stages of the parasite, resembling the asplenic simian model of malaria. |
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