Plasmodium malariae infection boosts Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte production.

F Ellis McKenzie Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. mckenzel@mail.nih.gov

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Geoffrey M Jeffery Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. mckenzel@mail.nih.gov

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2002.67.411
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Volume 67: Issue 4
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411–414
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We analyzed records of malaria therapy patients sequentially or simultaneously inoculated with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium malariae. Gametocyte production was enhanced in P. falciparum by prior or concurrent P. malariae infection but diminished or unaffected in P. malariae by P. falciparum. Conversely, asexual-form production was diminished in P. malariae but unaffected in P. falciparum.

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Published Online:
Oct 2002
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Print ISSN:
0002-9637
 

 

 

 
 
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