Leukocytes in a Plasmodium falciparum-infected blood meal reduce transmission of malaria to Anopheles mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes are infected with Plasmodium falciparum by taking a blood meal from a gametocyte carrier. Since a mosquito takes a volume of 1 to 2 microl, a blood meal may contain 1 x 10(4) to 3 x 10(4) leukocytes (WBC). The majority of WBC are composed of neutrophils which may phagocytose and kill deve...

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Hauptverfasser: Lensen, A H, Bolmer-Van de Vegte, M, van Gemert, G J, Eling, W M, Sauerwein, R W
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: 1997
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC175547/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9284160
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