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A method to preserve low parasitaemia Plasmodium-infected avian blood for host and vector infectivity assays

BACKGROUND: Avian malaria vector competence studies are needed to understand more succinctly complex avian parasite-vector-relations. The lack of vector competence trials may be attributed to the difficulty of obtaining gametocytes for the majority of Plasmodium species and lineages. To conduct avia...

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Autores principales: Carlson, Jenny S., Giannitti, Federico, Valkiūnas, Gediminas, Tell, Lisa A., Snipes, Joy, Wright, Stan, Cornel, Anthony J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4787182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26969510
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1198-5