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Malaria parasite development in a Drosophila model.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 30 Jun 2000
Schneider D, Shahabuddin M
Abstract excerpt
Malaria is a devastating public health menace, killing over one million people every year and infecting about half a billion. Here it is shown that the protozoan Plasmodium gallinaceum, a close relative of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, can develop in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Plasmodium gallinaceum ookinetes injected into the fly developed into sporozoites infectious to the...
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