Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 30, 2026

Protocol for Production of a Genetic Cross of the Rodent Malaria Parasites
Published on: January 3, 2011
Malaria: some considerations regarding parasite productivity
1Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA. rrosenberg@cdc.gov
Abstract:
The complicated life cycle of Plasmodium is characterized by proliferative stages in each of its hosts--mosquito and vertebrate--that are interrupted by restrictive steps as it moves from one to the other. Productivity at each stage affects not only pathology but also the probability for successful transmission. This Opinion article briefly assesses what is known about productivity at each step and attempts, with limited success, to put each in the context of an entire cycle, sporozoite to sporozoite.
Related Concept Videos
Malaria
Microbial Interactions: Parasitism
Symbiosis
Overview of Protists
Diversity of Protists II

