TY - JOUR AU - Gebru, Tamirat AU - Lalremruata, Albert AU - Kremsner, Peter G. AU - Mordmüller, Benjamin AU - Held, Jana PY - 2017 DA - 2017/08/11 TI - Life-span of in vitro differentiated Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes JO - Malaria Journal SP - 330 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - The sexual stages (gametocytes) of Plasmodium falciparum do not directly contribute to the pathology of malaria but are essential for transmission of the parasite from the human host to the mosquito. Mature gametocytes circulate in infected human blood for several days and their circulation time has been modelled mathematically from data of previous in vivo studies. This is the first time that longevity of gametocytes is studied experimentally in vitro. SN - 1475-2875 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1986-6 DO - 10.1186/s12936-017-1986-6 ID - Gebru2017 ER -