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From: Parasite-host interaction in malaria: genetic clues and copy number variation

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Life cycle of Plasmodium falciparum (a-g) projected onto a sketch drawn by the German Renaissance painter Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). This sketch was drawn by Dürer for his doctor pointing to the site of nagging pain, presumably due to splenomegaly. Dürer supposedly contracted malaria on a trip to The Netherlands, never recovered completely and died of it 13 years later.

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