Simple Blood Test Predicts Anemia Risk After Malaria Treatment (IMAGE)

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Simple Blood Test Predicts Anemia Risk After Malaria Treatment

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Even after artesunate therapy eliminates malaria parasites, previously-infected red blood cells retain a protein called HRP2 on their surfaces, which can be used to predict post-treatment anemia.

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P.A. Ndour <i>et al., Science Translational Medicine </i>(2017)]

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