| development of plasmodium berghei ookinetes to young oocysts in vitro. | the mosquito stage of plasmodium berghei was cultivated in vitro, with special attention to ookinete transformation into early oocyst. the ookinetes were obtained by in vitro culture of gametocytes taken from infected mice, purified by density gradient of metrizoic acid or a lymphocyte separation medium, and incubated either in acellular culture or in co-cultivations with mosquito cells. in acellular culture, the ookinetes were found to aggregate with each other and transformed from banana to ro ... | 1992 | 1578408 |
| wolbachia strain walbb enhances infection by the rodent malaria parasite plasmodium berghei in anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. | wolbachia, a common bacterial endosymbiont of insects, has been shown to protect its hosts against a wide range of pathogens. however, not all strains exert a protective phenotype on their host. here we assess the affect of two divergent wolbachia strains, walbb from aedes albopticus and wmelpop from drosophila melanogaster, on the vector competence of anopheles gambiae challenged with plasmodium berghei. we show the walbb strain significantly increases p. berghei oocyst levels in the mosquito m ... | 2011 | 22210220 |
| mosquito akirin as a potential antigen for malaria control. | the control of vector-borne diseases is important to improve human and animal health worldwide. malaria is one of the world's deadliest diseases and is caused by protozoan parasites of the genus plasmodium, which are transmitted by anopheles spp. mosquitoes. recent evidences using subolesin (sub) and akirin (akr) vaccines showed a reduction in the survival and/or fertility of blood-sucking ectoparasite vectors and the infection with vector-borne pathogens. these experiments suggested the possibi ... | 2014 | 25472895 |