Uptake of Plasmodium falciparum Gametocytes During Mosquito Bloodmeal by Direct and Membrane Feeding

Uptake of Plasmodium falciparum Gametocytes During Mosquito Bloodmeal by Direct and Membrane Feeding

Plasmodium falciparum remains one of the leading causes of child mortality, and nearly half of the world’s population is at risk of contracting malaria. While pathogenesis results from replication of asexual forms in human red blood cells, it is the sexually differentiated forms, gametocytes, which...

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Main Authors: Arthur M. Talman, Dinkorma T. D. Ouologuem, Katie Love, Virginia M. Howick, Charles Mulamba, Aboubecrin Haidara, Niawanlou Dara, Daman Sylla, Adama Sacko, Mamadou M. Coulibaly, Francois Dao, Cheick P. O. Sangare, Abdoulaye Djimde, Mara K. N. Lawniczak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
malaria
transmission
gametocyte
mosquito feeding
Plasmodium falciparum
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00246/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00246/full

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