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Getting infectious: formation and maturation of Plasmodium sporozoites in the Anopheles vector
10 Aug 2006
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Research on Plasmodium sporozoite biology aims at understanding the developmental program steering the formation of mature infectious sporozoites - the transmission stage of the malaria parasite. The recent identification of genes that are vital for sporozoite egress from oocysts and subsequent targeting and transmigration of the mosquito salivary glands allows the identification of mosquito factors required for...
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