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Random mating of natural Plasmodium populations demonstrated from individual oocysts.
Molecular and biochemical parasitology - 1 Jul 1992
Rosenberg R, Rungsiwongse J, Kangsadalampai S, Sattabongkot J, Suwanabun N, Chaiyaroj S C, Mongkolsuk S
Abstract excerpt
DNA amplified from individual Plasmodium vivax oocysts, produced by feeding mosquitoes directly on naturally infected humans in Thailand, was used to study cross-mating of 2 polymorphs of the circumsporozoite (CS) gene, VK 210 and VK 247. Alleles were detected in matched blood parasites, sporozoites, and individual oocysts with oligoprobes specific to characteristic repeat units. Oocysts developing from 3 cases...
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