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Plasmodium vivax: impaired escape of Vk210 phenotype ookinetes from the midgut blood bolus of Anopheles pseudopunctipennis.
Experimental parasitology - 1 Jan 2007
Gonzalez-Ceron Lilia, Rodriguez Mario H, Chavez-Munguia B, Santillan F, Nettel Jose A, Hernandez-Avila Juan E
Abstract excerpt
The site in the midguts of Anopheles pseudopunctipennis where the development of Plasmodium vivax circumsporozoite protein Vk210 phenotype is blocked was investigated, and compared to its development in An. albimanus. Ookinete development was similar in time and numbers within the blood meal bolus of both mosquito species. But, compared to An. pseudopunctipennis, a higher proportion of An. albimanus were infected...
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