title: [Characterisation of the exoerythrocytic stage of the asexual cycle of the human plasmodia: a painstaking process].
abstract: The difficulties encountered in the discovery of the exoerythrocytic stage of the asexual cycle of the human plasmodia are described. These illustrate how deference towards scientific orthodoxy and a degree of reluctance to question and to criticize can delay advances in knowledge.
authors.affiliation: Faculté de médecine Necker, 156, rue de Vaugirard, F-75015, Paris, France. pays@necker.fr
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Pays
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology; D008288:Malaria / Q000266:history / Q000469:parasitology*; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000502:physiology*; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D012586:Science / Q000639:trends*