The Protozoan That Causes Malaria Is an Intracellular Parasite of Red

question 1

Multiple Choice

The protozoan that causes malaria is an intracellular parasite of red blood cells (RBCs) . An adaptive immune response to this parasite is problematic because

• A) RBCs never enter lymphoid tissue.
• B) RBCs normally produce cytokines necessary for adaptive immune response, which this infection prevents.
• C) complement cannot effectively destroy RBCs.
• D) red blood cells do not produce MHC and therefore do not display the fact that they have been infected by presenting antigen.
• E) the parasite damages leukocytes along with RBCs.

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