PIMMS43 is required for malaria parasite immune evasion and sporogonic development in the mosquito vector [Microbiology]

After being ingested by a female Anopheles mosquito during a bloodmeal on an infected host, and before they can reach the mosquito salivary glands to be transmitted to a new host, Plasmodium parasites must establish an infection of the mosquito midgut in the form of oocysts. To achieve this, they...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - March 30, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Chiamaka V. Ukegbu, Maria Giorgalli, Sofia Tapanelli, Luisa D. P. Rona, Amie Jaye, Claudia Wyer, Fiona Angrisano, Andrew M. Blagborough, George K. Christophides, Dina Vlachou Tags: Biological Sciences Source Type: research