Periodic Reporting for period 2 - KissAndSpitRhoptry (Unravelling the secretion machinery for virulence factors in apicomplexan parasites)

The phylum Apicomplexa comprises more than 5000 unicellular eukaryotes. It includes some of the most important pathogenic parasites of man and animals, the deadliest of which is the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, responsible for half a million human deaths per year in...