A Protocol for a Highly Consistent, High Level Production in Vivo of Plasmodium falciparum Oocysts and Sporozoites
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51254#.VGAeyWfHRK0 Author(s) Martin Looker 1 , Andrew W. Taylor-Robinson 1,2 Affiliation(s) 1 School of Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK . 2 School of Medical & Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Australia . ABSTRACT Investigation of the intimate relationship between the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and its Anopheles vector requires the reliable production and isolation of successive sexual stages of the parasite from infected mosquitoes. Such an advance in propagation would benefit a range of molecular, cellular, immunochemical and transmission-blocking ...