title: Malaria Parasite Invasion: Achieving Superb Resolution.
abstract: It is only in the last decade that sub-cellular resolution of red cell invasion by the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum has been possible. Here we look back on the development of methodologies that led to this possibility and the subsequent advancements made in understanding this key event in malaria disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK. Electronic address: jake.baum@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Jake
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baum
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, and Immunology, Laval University, Quebec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada.
authors.forename: Dave
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Richard
authors.affiliation: Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: David T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Riglar
mesh_terms: D004705:Endocytosis; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D061848:Optical Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D010274:Parasitology / Q000379:methods; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure
keywords: erythrocyte; invasion; malaria; merozoite; plasmodium; super resolution microscopy; tight junction