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Research Article

Phagocytosis of Hemozoin (Native and Synthetic Malaria Pigment), and Plasmodium falciparum Intraerythrocyte-Stage Parasites by Human and Mouse Phagocytes

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Pages 9-13 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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