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Generating Genetically Modified Plasmodium berghei Sporozoites
Published on: May 5, 2023
Population dynamics of Plasmodium sporogony
1Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58201-9019, USA. jefferson_vaughan@und.nodak.edu
Abstract:
Malaria transmission relies on the sporogonic development of Plasmodium parasites within insect vectors. Sporogony is a complex process that involves several morphologically distinct life-stages and can be described in terms of population dynamics: changes in the abundance and distribution of successive life-stages throughout development. Recent publications on the population dynamics of sporogony are reviewed, with special attention to the differences and similarities among the parasite-vector systems examined thus far. Understanding the population dynamics of malaria parasites within their natural vectors will lead to a better understanding of how malaria parasites survive and are maintained within mosquitoes.
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