title: Packaged merozoite release without immediate host cell lysis.
abstract: In spite of the extraordinary progress in unravelling the genome of the Plasmodium falciparum parasite, many crucial aspects of its biology remain poorly understood. One largely neglected area is the mechanism of merozoite release from host red blood cells.
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Lew
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000502:physiology; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000469:parasitology*; D008561:Membrane Fusion; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000502:physiology*; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000502:physiology