Malaria Makes the Most of Mealtimes

Sarah E Reece; Kimberley F Prior

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2018.05.015

Malaria Makes the Most of Mealtimes

Cell Host Microbe. 2018 Jun 13;23(6):695-697. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2018.05.015.

Authors

Sarah E Reece¹, Kimberley F Prior²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Evolutionary Biology & Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Electronic address: sarah.reece@ed.ac.uk.
² Institute of Evolutionary Biology & Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

PMID: 29902432
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2018.05.015

Abstract

Successive synchronized cycles of Plasmodium replication in the host's blood causes the symptoms of malaria and fuels disease transmission. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Hirako et al. (2018) reveal that host circadian rhythms of inflammation and metabolism are responsible for the timing of cycles of parasite replication.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Host-Parasite Interactions
Humans
Malaria*
Parasites
Plasmodium*

Grants and funding

202769/Z/16/Z/WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom