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Science 1 September 2006:
Vol. 313. no. 5791, pp. 1245 - 1246
DOI: 10.1126/science.1132940
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MICROBIOLOGY:
Malaria's Stealth Shuttle

Alan F. Cowman1 and Stefan H. I. Kappe2

Membranous vesicles shuttle malaria parasites from liver to blood cells during infection, ensuring protection against the host's defenses.

1A. F. Cowman is at The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria 3050, Australia. USA. E-mail: cowman{at}wehi.edu.au (A.F.C.)

2S. H. I. Kappe is at the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98109-5219, USA. E-mail: stefan.kappe{at}sbri.org (S.H.I.K.)

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