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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

  • Klaske J. Vliegenthart-Jongbloed
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    Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases & The Institute for Tropical Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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  • Rob Koelewijn
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    Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases & The Institute for Tropical Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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  • Aloysius G.M. Tielens
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    Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases & The Institute for Tropical Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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  • Robert W. Sauerwein
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    Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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    Jaap J. van Hellemond
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    Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases & The Institute for Tropical Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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    Perry J.J. van Genderen
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Published:March 01, 2023DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2023.02.031
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