The painstaking discovery of the hidden face of the human plasmodia.

Parasitol Res

Pathologie parasitaire et exotique, Faculté de Médecine Descartes-Necker, 156 rue de Vaugirard, 75015, Paris, France.

Published: September 2012

The difficulties encountered in the discovery of the exoerythrocytic stage of asexual cycle of human plasmodia are described. These illustrate how deference towards scientific orthodoxy and a degree of reluctance to question and to criticise can delay advances in knowledge.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-012-2965-zDOI Listing

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