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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
A flow cytometry-based assay for measuring invasion of red blood cells by Plasmodium falciparum
American Journal of Hematology, Volume 85, No. 4, Year 2010
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Description
Variability in the ability of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum to invade human erythrocytes is postulated to be an important determinant of disease severity. Both the parasite multiplication rate and erythrocyte selectivity are important parameters that underlie such variable invasion. We have established a flow cytometry-based method for simultaneously calculating both the parasitemia and the number of multiply-infected erythrocytes. Staining with the DNA-specific dye SYBR Green I allows quantitation of parasite invasion at the ring stage of parasite development. We discuss in vitro and in vivo applications and limitations of this method in relation to the study of parasite invasion. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Bei, Amy Kristine
United States, Boston
Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health
DeSimone, Tiffany M.
United States, Boston
Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health
Badiane, Aïda Sadikh
Senegal, Dakar
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Ahouidi, Ambroise Dioum
Senegal, Dakar
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Diéye, Tandakha Ndiaye D.
Senegal, Dakar
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Ndiaye, Daouda F.
Senegal, Dakar
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Sarr, Ousmane
Senegal, Dakar
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Ndir, Oumar
Senegal, Dakar
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Mboup, Souleymane
Senegal, Dakar
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Duraisingh, Manoj Theodore
United States, Boston
Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health
Statistics
Citations: 71
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/ajh.21642
ISSN:
03618609
e-ISSN:
10968652
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Infectious Diseases