Behaviour of Plasmodium berghei in some Rodents

The Impact of Plasmodium Berghei Exposure In-utero on Neurobehavioral Profile in Mice

Introduction: The World Health Organization estimates that about 25 million pregnant mothers are currently at risk for malaria, and that malaria accounts for over 10,000 maternal and 200,000 neonatal deaths per year. The current hypothesis of early life programming supports the premise that many developmental delay and disorders may have their origin In-utero. Therefore, the current study aimed...

Preservation of Borrelia kansas and Plasmodium berghei.

Borrelia kansas and Plasmodium berghei have been stored after slow freezing in thioglycollate-glycerol medium for a 6-month period. During this time, 75% or more of the Borrelia remained motile, many intracellular malarial parasites exhibited amoeboid movement, and the growth pattern of both organisms in mice remained unchanged.

Plasmodium berghei crystalloids contain multiple LCCL proteins

Malaria crystalloids are unique organelles of unknown function that are present only in the mosquito-specific ookinete and early oocyst stages of the parasite. Recently, crystalloid formation in Plasmodium berghei was linked to the parasite protein PbSR, a member of the Plasmodium LCCL protein family composed of six modular multidomain proteins involved in sporozoite development and infectivity...

Plasmodium berghei: in vitro and in vivo activity of dequalinium.

Bisquinoline compounds have exhibited remarkable activity in vitro and in vivo against Plasmodium parasites by inhibition of heme detoxification. We have tested the ability of dequalinium 1,1'-(1,10-decanediyl)bis(4-amino-2-methylquinoline), a known antimicrobial agent, to inhibit beta-hematin synthesis using a non-emzymatic colorimetric assay and globin proteolysis by electrophoretic analysis ...

Plasmodium berghei berghei: irradiated sporozoites of the ANKA strain as immunizing antigens in mice.