Malaria caused by Plasmodium spp. remains one of the world’s
most common infectious diseases and a global health priority of
utmost importance (Gething et al., 2011; Murray et al., 2012). All
of the debilitating and frequently fatal consequences that accompany
Plasmodium falciparum infection in humans are attributable
to replication of the parasite within red blood cells (RBCs) and vary
in severity depending on the parasite species