Plasmodium falciparum gametocytogenesis stimulated by lymphocytes and serum from infected Gambian children
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 75 (2) , 316-317
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(81)90348-5
Abstract
Using peripheral blood from six Gambian children (aged between nine months and two years) with Plasmodium falciparum infections, it is shown that lymphocytes and serum combine to increase the production of P. falciparum gametocytes in in vitro culture.Keywords
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