Purification and production of Plasmodium falciparum zygotes from in vitro culture using magnetic column and Percoll density gradient

Abstract Background Plasmodium falciparum zygotes develop in the mosquito midgut after an infectious blood meal containing mature male and female gametocytes. Studies of mosquito-produced P. falciparum zygotes to elucidate their biology and development have been hampered by high levels of contaminat...

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Main Authors: Yaxian Zhou, Alexis M. Grieser, Julie Do, Leslie S. Itsara, Ashley M. Vaughan, Anil K. Ghosh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:Malaria Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-020-03237-1