@article{oai:obihiro.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000716,
 author = {Herbas, Maria Shirley and Suzuki, Hiroshi},
 issue = {2},
 journal = {Experimental Animals},
 month = {},
 note = {application/pdf, Nutritional deficiencies are frequent in malaria-endemic areas. It seems that micronutrient antioxidants play an important role in malaria parasite’s proliferation. Thus, the effect of vitamin C deficiency on malaria infection was examined in mice. When vitamin C deficient mice, L-gulono-γ-lactone oxidase gene knockout mice which are unable to synthesize ascorbic acid, were infected with a lethal dose of Plasmodium berghei NK65-infected red blood cells, the knockout mice showed similar parasitemia kinetics and survival rates as wild-type mice. The results indicate that deficiency of vitamin C might not affect the development of the malaria parasite in mice.},
 pages = {239--243},
 title = {Vitamin C Deficiency Fails to Protect Mice from Malaria},
 volume = {59},
 year = {2010}
}