Environmental stress promotes entry into a pre-existing latent state in Plasmodium falciparum
Anush Aryal, Kwesi Akonu Adom Mensah Forson, Nadia Prasad, Jennifer L. Güler
The paper shows environmental stress promotes latency in Plasmodium falciparum parasites, identified through single-cell transcriptomics, and identifies molecular features of this latent state.
bioRxiv · Sep 16, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology