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Plasmodium falciparum full life cycle and Plasmodium ovale liver stages in humanized mice
24 Jul 2015
Abstract excerpt
Experimental studies of Plasmodium parasites that infect humans are restricted by their host specificity. Humanized mice offer a means to overcome this and further provide the opportunity to observe the parasites in vivo. Here we improve on previous protocols to achieve efficient double engraftment of TK-NOG mice by human primary hepatocytes and red blood cells. Thus, we obtain the complete hepatic development of...
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