Plasmodium malariae infection boosts Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte production.
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- 1 October 2002
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 67 (4), 411-4
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2002.67.411
Abstract
We analyzed records of malaria therapy patients sequentially or simultaneously inoculated with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium malariae. Gametocyte production was enhanced in P. falciparum by prior or concurrent P. malariae infection but diminished or unaffected in P. malariae by P. falciparum. Conversely, asexual-form production was diminished in P. malariae but unaffected in P. falciparum.Keywords
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