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MICROBES AND INFECTION
Volume 2, Issue 6, Pages 633-642Publisher
EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(00)00362-2
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malaria; cell invasion; gliding motility; CS; TRAP
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Malaria is transmitted to a mammalian host when the sporozoite stage of the Plasmodium parasite is injected by a mosquito vector. Sporozoites are unique in being able to interact with both hosts. Formed and released in the mosquito midgut, sporozoites bind to the salivary glands and invade their secretory cells. Once injected into the mammalian host, they home to the liver and invade hepatocytes. Recent work has shown that two sporozoite surface proteins, CS and TRAP, act in both hosts,perform multiple functions, and are each essential for the parasite at more than one step of its life cycle. (C) 2000 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.
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