Plasmodium falciparum Gametocyte Culture and Mosquito Infection Through Artificial Membrane Feeding
Title:
Plasmodium falciparum Gametocyte Culture and Mosquito Infection Through Artificial Membrane Feeding
Author:
Tripathi, Abhai K
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Publication Information:
Cambridge, MA MyJoVE Corp 2016
Physical Description:
online resource (563 seconds)
Series:
Biology
General Note:
Title from resource description page
Abstract:
Detailed investigations on mosquito stages of malaria parasites are critical to design effective transmission blocking strategies. This protocol demonstrates how to effectively culture infectious gametocytes and then feed these gametocytes to mosquitoes to generate mosquito stages of P. falciparum.
Reading Level:
For undergraduate, graduate, and professional students
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Electronic Access:
https://www.jove.com/t/61426