Plasmodium Vivax life cycle

“Plasmodium vivax” is a major cause of malaria worldwide, posing a public health challenge. Traditionally, the understanding of “P. vivax” malaria’s persistent nature has been anchored in the concept of dormant liver stages, known as hypnozoites. However, groundbreaking research has challenged this long-held belief. To better understand the complexity of “P. vivax” infections, the CaixaResearch project “Novel organ-on-a-chip technology to study extracellular vesicles-mediated cryptic infections in “Plasmodium vivax” malaria” has created this video to disseminate key insights into cryptic erythrocytic infections. The initiative is led by Hernando A del Portillo and Carmen Fernandez-Becerra, group leaders of the “Plasmodium vivax” and Exosome Research Group (PvREX) at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) and the Germans Trias I Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) in Spain.