title: Gametocytes of Plasmodium falciparum: phagocytosis by leucocytes in vivo and in vitro.
abstract: Phagocytosis of the extracellular gametocytes of Plasmodium falciparum has been demonstrated in vitro, and in vivo in the bloodmeal within the mosquito midgut. Up to 84% of the gametocytes were ingested within two hours in vitro, compared to 7% in the same period in the mosquito gut.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000469:parasitology; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D008288:Malaria / Q000469:parasitology; D010587:Phagocytosis; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum