Role of macrophages as possible transporters of Plasmodium yoelii nigeriensis merozoites through the lymphatic system. Preliminary note.
Vesicles containing apparently healthy merozoites from mature schizonts were observed in the spleen and lymph nodes of mice parasitized by Plasmodium yoelii nigeriensis. They differed from all parasitic stages undergoing digestion by the macrophage and from mature schizonts of the blood. Up to 40 merozoites from three mature schizonts may be seen in the same compartment. They are thought to be accumulations of latent merozoites.
Mora-Silvera
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E
Laboratoire de Biologie Parasitaire, Helminthologie, Protozoologie (CNRS ERS 156), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
Coquelin
F
F
Vuong
P
P
Deharo
E
E
Gautret
P
P
Renia
L
L
Chabaud
A
A
Landau
I
I
D000818:Animals; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000469:parasitology; D008208:Lymphatic System / Q000469:parasitology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D010967:Plasmodium yoelii; D013154:Spleen / Q000469:parasitology