EXTRACTION OF INTRAERYTHROCYTIC MALARIAL PARASITES BY PHAGOCYTIC-CELLS

Phagocytosis is an intricate process some unicellular organisms as a f eeding behaviour, it has developed in the tissues of multicellular org anisms, both vertebrates and invertebrates, os a defence system to con fine and eliminate foreign matter and, in this manner protect the host against infection. During evolutionary development phagocytic cells h ave evolved to show greeter specificity Lakshmi Kumaratilake, Antonio Ferrante, Jaliya Kumaratilake and Anthony Allison here describe a uniq ue mechanism used by phagocytic leukocytes to engulf intraerythrocytic malarial parasites.