NO and H2O2 as possible candidates of refractoriness of Plasmodium falciparum infection in Anopheles albimanus

Malaria is an infectious disease that affects many people around the world. It is caused by Plasmodium parasites and transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes. The life cycle of Plasmodium is developed in both human and mosquitoes hosts and therefore, both can respond to the infection with different immun...

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Autores:
Vélez Quiroz, María Alejandra
Robledo Restrepo, Sara Maria
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Fecha de publicación:
2018
Institución:
Universidad CES
Repositorio:
Repositorio Digital - Universidad CES
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.ces.edu.co:10946/3803
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/10946/3803
Palabra clave:
Malaria
Facultad de Ciencias y Biotecnología - Pregrado en Biología
Plasmodium falciparum
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Summary:Malaria is an infectious disease that affects many people around the world. It is caused by Plasmodium parasites and transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes. The life cycle of Plasmodium is developed in both human and mosquitoes hosts and therefore, both can respond to the infection with different immune mechanisms including phagocytosis and release of anti-parasite molecules. In this study, the Nitric Oxide (NO) and the Hydrogen Peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) were measured in Anopheles albimanus’ midgut infected with Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes.