Menard, RobertTavares, JoanaCockburn, IanMarkus, MilesZavala, FidelAmino, Rogerio2015-12-081740-1526http://hdl.handle.net/1885/32716Malaria, which is caused by Plasmodium spp., starts with an asymptomatic phase, during which sporozoites, the parasite form that is injected into the skin by a mosquito, develop into merozoites, the form that infects erythrocytes. This pre-erythrocytic phKeywords: host parasite interaction; human; life cycle stage; malaria; merozoite; microbial immunity; nonhuman; parasite immunity; Plasmodium; priority journal; review; sporozoite; Animals; Culicidae; Erythrocytes; Humans; Insect Vectors; Liver; Malaria; Merozoites201310.1038/nrmicro31112016-02-24