title: The painstaking discovery of the hidden face of the human plasmodia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Pathologie parasitaire et exotique, Faculté de Médecine Descartes-Necker, 156 rue de Vaugirard, 75015, Paris, France. pays@necker.fr
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Pays
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000469:parasitology*; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials