Plasmodium sporozoites are injected, in addition to saliva, into animal hosts when a female Anopheles mosquito takes a blood meal. The molecular components of saliva that interact with Plasmodium during this process are poorly characterized. Here we collected Plasmodium sporozoites directly from sal...
ORGANISM(S): Plasmodium falciparum (isolate 3D7) Plasmodium berghei ANKA Anopheles gambiae (African malaria mosquito) Anopheles stephensi (Asian malaria mosquito)