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2403931

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-2-13
pubmed:abstractText
Mature exoerythrocytic forms (EEF) of Plasmodium falciparum from the chimpanzee were examined by light- and transmission electron microscopy from a liver biopsy taken on Day 6 after sporozoite inoculation. Infectivity of the sporozoites obtained from whole mosquitoes which were membrane fed on cultured gametocytes was about 4-6%. In comparison, salivary gland sporozoites added to human hepatocytes in vitro had only a developmental percentage of 0.02 to 0.05% at Day 5. The EEF found in the liver biopsy were not all at the same stage of development. Immature compact parasites were seen simultaneously with stages with fully formed merozoites, indicating a rapid final maturation or asynchrony. At Day 7.5, large numbers of rings were already seen in the peripheral blood, indicating a duration of the liver development of P. falciparum in the chimpanzee of about 5.5-6 days. The process of merogony at the fine structural level was comparable to that described for rodent and other primate parasites in vivo. Compared to the fine structure of EEF in vitro in cultured human hepatocytes, the parasites described here were much more advanced in development. There appeared to be some cell infiltration with collagen deposition around the intracellular parasite; however, no marked degeneration of EEF was observed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0014-4894
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Plasmodium falciparum: studies on mature exoerythrocytic forms in the liver of the chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Parasitology, University of Nijmegen Medical School, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article