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Plasmodium falciparum Sexual Commitment Rate Variation among Clinical Isolates and Diverse Laboratory-Adapted Lines

Published:2022-12-21 Issue:6 Volume:10 Page:
ISSN:2165-0497
Container-title:Microbiology Spectrum
language:en
Short-container-title:Microbiol Spectr

Author:

Stewart Lindsay B.¹,Freville Aline¹,Voss Till S.²^ORCID,Baker David A.¹^ORCID,Awandare Gordon A.³,Conway David J.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Infection Biology, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

2. Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel, Basal, Switzerland

3. West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Abstract

Only sexual-stage malaria parasites are transmitted from human blood to mosquitoes. Thus, it is vital to understand variations in sexual commitment rates because these may be modifiable or susceptible to blocking.

Funder

UKRI | Medical Research Council

Royal Society

Swiss National Science Foundation

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Cell Biology,Microbiology (medical),Genetics,General Immunology and Microbiology,Ecology,Physiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/spectrum.02234-22

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