Despite increased malaria control efforts, recent reports indicate that over 1.2 million deaths due to malaria occurred in 2010. Pregnant women represent a particularly vulnerable risk group as ...
1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Camden Clark Medical Center, West Virginia University, Parkersburg, WV, United States 2 Department of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern ...
It parasitizes the roots of alders and sometimes other trees, connecting with them by means of a special transfer structure called a haustorium (from a Latin word for drain or suck). Haustoria con ...