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Commentary

Bradley Ford
Clinical chemistry (Baltimore, Md.), Vol.63(3), p.645
03/01/2017
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2016.263558
PMID: 28242833
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Common parasites such as Toxoplasma gondii, Plasmodium falciparum and other Plasmodium spp., Cryptosporidium parvum, and nonhuman pathogens such as Theileria and Eimeria spp. actively acquire host cholesterol for synthesis of cell membranes and other structures and/or are strict auxotrophs for specific forms of cholesterol such as HDL-C and LDL-C. Author Contributions: All authors confirmed they have contributed to the intellectual content ofthispaper and have met the following 3 requirements: (a) significant contributions to the conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; (b) drafting or revising the article for intellectual content; and (c) final approval ofthe published article.
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