The decrease in plasma cholesterol during Plasmodium falciparum infections is not caused by cholesterol utilization by the parasites but by an infection-induced acute-phase response
J Infect. 2023 Jun;86(6):617-619.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2023.02.031.
Epub 2023 Mar 2.
1 Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases & The Institute for Tropical Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
2 Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
3 Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases & The Institute for Tropical Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address: [email protected].