MURINE COMPLEMENT REDUCES INFECTIVITY OF PLASMODIUM-YOELII TO MOSQUITOS

Authors
TSUBOI T CAO YM TORII M HITSUMOTO Y KANBARA H
Citation
T. Tsuboi et al., MURINE COMPLEMENT REDUCES INFECTIVITY OF PLASMODIUM-YOELII TO MOSQUITOS, Infection and immunity, 63(9), 1995, pp. 3702-3704
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Infection and immunity → ACNP
ISSN journal
00199567
Volume
63
Issue
9
Year of publication
1995
Pages
3702 - 3704
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-9567(1995)63:9<3702:MCRIOP>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The alternative pathway of complement in the mouse serum significantly reduced, but did not eliminate, the infectivity of Plasmodium yoelii to Anopheles stephensi. The reduction of the infectivity is mainly due to the inability of the zygote to transform into the ookinete in the mosquito midgut.