CV Lattes
ORCID
Abstract
Malaria is an infectious disease caused by intracellular parasites of the genus Plasmodium. In humans, the infection can be caused by five species of the parasite and Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for the most severe form of the disease. Despite advances in the last decade resulting in a decrease in the number of cases, malaria is still responsible for causing more than 400,000 dea…