Plasmodium falciparum Gametocyte Culture & Mosquito Infection l Protocol Preview

Plasmodium falciparum Gametocyte Culture and Mosquito Infection Through Artificial Membrane Feeding - a 2 minute Preview of the Experimental Protocol

Abhai K Tripathi, Godfree Mlambo, Sachie Kanatani, Photini Sinnis, George Dimopoulos
Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health;

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.

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