DTIC ADA285139: Strategies for the Control of pdf

DTIC ADA285139: Strategies for the Control of

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The sexual stage of the parasite’s life cycle takes place in the mosquito, which is its definitive host. Sporogony occurs in the mosquito’s midgut following the ingestion of gametocytes from an infected human. The microgametocyte exflagellates to produce four to eight microgametes, each capable of fertilizing a macrogamete to form a zygote, which elongates to become a motile ookinete. These force their way through and between the epithelial cells to the outer surface of the midgut, where they round up into spheres called oocysts. An infected mosquito usually has one to ten oocysts

• Creator/s: Defense Technical Information Center
• Date: 8/1/1994
• Year: 1994
• Book Topics/Themes: DTIC Archive, Strickland, G T, NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INST BETHESDA MD, *PARASITES, *MALARIA, *INFECTIOUS DISEASES, REPRINTS, HUMANS, OOCYSTS, MOSQUITO BORNE DISEASES, BLOOD, MEDICAL SERVICES, DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACIDS, LIFE CYCLES, PATIENTS

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