THE ABILITY OF THE AVIAN MALARIA PARASITE, PLASMODIUM LOPHURAE, TO INFECT ERYTHROCYTES OF DISTANTLY RELATED SPECIES OF ANIMALS1
- 1 July 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Epidemiology
- Vol. 52 (1) , 42-47
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a119407
Abstract
Washed erythrocytes of 3 classes of animals[long dash]Mammalia, Reptilia, and Amphibia[long dash]were able to survive for varying periods of time when introduced into the blood stream of chick embryos. When injections were made into embryos infected with P. lophurae. the erythrocytes of man, mouse, rabbit, and pig became infected. It was possible to observe the complete asexual development in the mouse cell, but other susceptible cells disintegrated too quickly for adequate studies. It would seem that the erythrocyte plays a major role in susceptibility or resistance to infection.Keywords
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