Additional blood meals increase sporozoite infection in Anopheles mosquitoes but not Plasmodium falciparum genetic diversity

Additional blood meals increase sporozoite infection in Anopheles mosquitoes but not Plasmodium falciparum genetic diversity

Abstract 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 natur...

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Main Authors: Lorenz M. Hofer, Prisca A. Kweyamba, Rajabu M. Sayi, Mohamed S. Chabo, Rehema Mwanga, Sonali L. Maitra, Mariam M. Somboka, Annina Schnoz, Monica Golumbeanu, Pierre H. H. Schneeberger, Amanda Ross, Tibebu Habtewold, Christian Nsanzabana, Sarah J. Moore, Mgeni M. Tambwe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Subjects:
Malaria
Plasmodium falciparum
Anopheles gambiae
Parasite development
Oocysts
Sporozoites
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-67990-y

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-67990-y

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