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SUBMITTER: Mori T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6370880 | biostudies-other | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Mori Toshiyuki T Hirai Makoto M Mita Toshihiro T
Scientific reports 20190211 1
Although it is known that malaria parasites proliferate in the midgut of mosquito vector, their detailed behaviors, from gamete maturation to formation of next generation sporozoite, have not been fully understood at cellular or molecular level. This is mainly attributed to technical difficulties of dissection and whole-mount observation, of delicate and opaque mosquito body contents. In addition, blood pigment surrounding parasites immediately after blood meal also complicates tracing mosquito- ...[more]