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Sporogony and sporozoite rates of avian malaria parasites in wild Culex pipiens pallens and C. inatomii in Japan.
Parasites & vectors - 15 Dec 2015
Kim Kyeongsoon, Tsuda Yoshio
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BACKGROUND: Malaria infection in mosquitoes is traditionally detected by microscopic examination for Plasmodium oocysts and sporozoites. Although PCR is now widely used, the presence of parasite DNA in a mosquito does not prove that sporogony is achieved. Thus, detection of sporozoites by microscopy is still required to definitively identify vector mosquitoes. The aim of this study was to confirm sporogony of...
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