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Effect of anti‐mosquito antibodies on the infectivity of the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei to Anopheles farauti
Author(s) -
RAMASAMY MANTHRI S.,
RAMASAMY RAN J AN
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
medical and veterinary entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2915
pISSN - 0269-283X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1990.tb00274.x
Subject(s) - midgut , plasmodium berghei , biology , infectivity , virology , parasite hosting , antigen , plasmodium (life cycle) , malaria , anopheles , antibody , rodent , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , larva , virus , ecology , world wide web , computer science
. The effect of mouse anti‐mosquito antibodies, present in the bloodmeal, on the infectivity of Plasmodium berghei Vincke to Anopheles farauti Laveran was investigated. Significantly fewer oocysts developed in mosquitoes feeding on mice immunized with sugar‐fed mosquito midgut antigens than in mosquitoes feeding on control mice. Mosquitoes feeding on mice immunized with the midgut antigens derived from sugar‐fed mosquitoes also showed reduced mortality and had lower infection rates than those fed on unimmunized mice. Blood‐fed midgut antigen was less effective in producing these effects than sugar‐fed midgut antigen.