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Table 1 Table of stem cell classes used to model parasite infections

Stem cell type	Parasite	Details	Future purpose/possibilities	Ref.
Hematopoietic	Plasmodium vivax	Cluster of differentiation 34+ derived reticulocytes	Growing Plasmodium species that have a reticulocytes preference	Grosgogeat et al[100]
	Leishmania infantum	BM HSCs-derived white cells were capable of phagocytosing and supporting promastigote development	Better understanding of promastigote development within macrophages	Carvalho-Gontijo et al[101]
Neuronal	Toxoplasma gondii	Fibroblast-derived and CD34+-derived human neuronal-like cells were capable of supporting T. gondii tachyzoite development	Better understanding of parasite behaviour and development within human brain cells	Passeri et al[102], Tanaka et al[103]
Liver cells	Plasmodium falciparum, vivax, yoelii, and berghei	Human iPSC-derived hepatocyte-like cells, expressing important Plasmodium entry receptors CD81 and the SRB1, were permissive to the development many Plasmodium species	Better understanding of liver stage infection. Particularly for species such as Plasmodium vivax that can remain dormant in the liver and recrudesce many years later	Teranishi et al[104]

BM: Bone marrow; CD: Cluster of differentiation; HSCs: Hematopoietic stem cells; iPSCs: Induced pluripotent stem cells; SRB1: Scavenger receptor class B type 1.