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Additional blood meals increase sporozoite infection in Anopheles mosquitoes but not Plasmodium falciparum genetic diversity.
Scientific reports - 29 Jul 2024
Hofer Lorenz M, Kweyamba Prisca A, Sayi Rajabu M, Chabo Mohamed S, Mwanga Rehema, Maitra Sonali L, Somboka Mariam M, Schnoz Annina, Golumbeanu Monica, Schneeberger Pierre H H, Ross Amanda, Habtewold Tibebu, Nsanzabana Christian, Moore Sarah J, Tambwe Mgeni M
Abstract excerpt
The availability of nutrients from mosquito blood meals accelerates the development of Plasmodium falciparum laboratory strains in artificially infected Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. The impact of multiple blood meals on the number of P. falciparum genotypes developing from polyclonal natural human malaria infections (field-isolates) remains unexplored. Here, we experimentally infect An. gambiae with P....
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