Malaria: improving blood filtration by the spleen to stop the disease transmission

Malaria is a disease transmitted to humans by a mosquito bite, itself infected with a parasite. This parasite settles in the liver, then infects the red blood cells and destroys them. A Université Paris Cité - Inserm team, led by Prof. Pierre Buffet, Medical Vice-President of the Institut Pasteur, identifies two drugs likely to increase the efficiency of blood filtration by the spleen. This can stop the transmission of the disease between red blood cells.

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