title: Bone marrow reticulocytes: a Plasmodium vivax affair?
abstract: In this issue of Blood, Malleret and colleagues show the importance of the bone marrow in Plasmodium vivax biology by proving the preferential infection of young reticulocytes (generally restricted to the bone marrow), which then experience accelerated maturation postinvasion.
authors.affiliation: BARCELONA INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH; MANHIÇA HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER;
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mayor
authors.affiliation: ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alano
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000254:growth & development*; D011990:Receptors, Transferrin / Q000378:metabolism*; D012156:Reticulocytes / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000502:physiology*; D018523:Tropism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; C068126:CD71 antigen; D011990:Receptors, Transferrin