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Plasmodium gallinaceum

Known as: Plasmodium gallinaceums, gallinaceums, Plasmodium 
A protozoan parasite that causes avian malaria (MALARIA, AVIAN), primarily in chickens, and is transmitted by the Aedes mosquito.
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
The shape and size of hemozoin crystals distinguishes diverse Plasmodium species.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Virus-expressed, recombinant single-chain antibody blocks sporozoite infection of salivary glands in Plasmodium gallinaceum-infected Aedes aegypti.
Transgenic mosquitoes resistant to malaria parasites are being developed to test the hypothesis that they may be used to control… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Chitinases of the Avian Malaria Parasite Plasmodium gallinaceum, a Class of Enzymes Necessary for Parasite Invasion of the Mosquito Midgut*
The Plasmodium ookinete produces chitinolytic activity that allows the parasite to penetrate the chitin-containing peritrophic… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Plasmodium gallinaceum ookinetes adhere specifically to the midgut epithelium of Aedes aegypti by interaction with a carbohydrate ligand.
During the course of its development in the mosquito and transmission to a new vertebrate host, the malaria parasite must… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Antibody-mediated inhibition of Aedes aegypti midgut trypsins blocks sporogonic development of Plasmodium gallinaceum
The peritrophic matrix (PM) that forms around a blood meal is a potential barrier of Plasmodium development in mosquitoes… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Plasmodium gallinaceum: a refractory mechanism of ookinete killing in the mosquito, Anopheles gambiae.
We have identified a mechanism for refractoriness to a bird malaria, Plasmodium gallinaceum, in the African vector of human… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Plasmodium gallinaceum: sporozoite invasion of Aedes aegypti salivary glands is inhibited by anti-gland antibodies and by lectins.
There is evidence which suggests that malaria sporozoites recognize mosquito salivary glands by specific receptor-ligand… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
The role of the mosquito peritrophic membrane in bloodmeal digestion and infectivity of Plasmodium species.
Secretion and luminal formation of the peritrophic membrane (PM) were induced in female Anopheles stephensi and Aedes aegypti by… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Monoclonal antibodies against surface determinants on gametes of Plasmodium gallinaceum block transmission of malaria parasites to mosquitoes.
Monoclonal antibodies (MAb) against gametes of the chicken malaria Plasmodium gallinaceum have been derived. All reacted with the… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
In vitro damage of cultured ookinetes of Plasmodium gallinaceum by digestive proteinases from susceptible Aedes aegypti.
: After exposure to extracts from blood fed A. aegupti cultured ookinetes of P. gallinaceum were damaged to various, defined… 
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