A microsporidian impairs Plasmodium falciparum transmission in Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes

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A microsporidian impairs Plasmodium falciparum transmission in Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes #6

Open drc007 opened 4 years ago

drc007 commented 4 years ago

Looks an interesting approach.

Field-collected Microsporidia MB infected An. arabiensis tested negative for P. falciparum gametocytes and, on experimental infection with P. falciparum, sporozoites aren’t detected in Microsporidia MB infected mosquitoes.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-16121-y