Plasmodium falciparum Field Isolates from South America Use an Atypical Red Blood Cell Invasion Pathway Associated with Invasion Ligand Polymorphisms

• Mary Lopez-Perez,

  Affiliation Molecular Parasitology, Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, New York City, New York, United States of America

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• Elizabeth Villasis,

  Affiliation Malaria Laboratory, Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt” Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

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• Ricardo L. D. Machado,

  Affiliation Center for Microorganism Investigations, Department of Dermatology, Parasitic and Infectious Diseases, Medicine School in São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo State, Brazil

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• Marinete M. Póvoa,

  Affiliation Seção de Parasitologia, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém, Pará, Brazil

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• Joseph M. Vinetz,

  Affiliations Malaria Laboratory, Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt” Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Departamento de Ciencias Celulares y Moleculares, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

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• Silvia Blair,

  Affiliation Malaria Group, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

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• Dionicia Gamboa,

  Affiliations Malaria Laboratory, Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt” Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Departamento de Ciencias Celulares y Moleculares, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

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• Sara Lustigman

  * E-mail: slustigman@nybloodcenter.org

  Affiliation Molecular Parasitology, Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, New York City, New York, United States of America

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