Sinnis P, Sim B K
Dept of Medical and Molecular Parasitology, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016, USA.
Trends Microbiol. 1997 Feb;5(2):52-8. doi: 10.1016/s0966-842x(97)84657-4.
Protozoans of the genus Plasmodium are the causative agents of malaria; they have a complex life cycle involving vertebrate and arthropod hosts and have three distinct invasive stages. Although the invasive stages probably invade cells using similar mechanisms, each stage has a different host cell specificity and utilizes different receptors to enter cells.
疟原虫属的原生动物是疟疾的病原体;它们具有复杂的生命周期,涉及脊椎动物和节肢动物宿主,并有三个不同的侵入阶段。尽管这些侵入阶段可能使用相似的机制侵入细胞,但每个阶段都有不同的宿主细胞特异性,并利用不同的受体进入细胞。