Screening for potential prophylactics targeting sporozoite motility through the skin

Anti-malarial compounds have not yet been identified that target the first obligatory step of infection in humans: the migration of Plasmodium sporozoites in the host dermis. This movement is essential to find and invade a blood vessel in order to be passively transported to the liver. Here, an imag...

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Hauptverfasser: Douglas, Ross G. (VerfasserIn) , Reinig, Miriam (VerfasserIn) , Frischknecht, Friedrich (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 31 August 2018
In: Malaria journal
Year: 2018, Jahrgang: 17
ISSN:1475-2875
DOI:10.1186/s12936-018-2469-0
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2469-0
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2469-0
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Verfasserangaben:Ross G. Douglas, Miriam Reinig, Matthew Neale and Friedrich Frischknecht
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Zusammenfassung:Anti-malarial compounds have not yet been identified that target the first obligatory step of infection in humans: the migration of Plasmodium sporozoites in the host dermis. This movement is essential to find and invade a blood vessel in order to be passively transported to the liver. Here, an imaging screening pipeline was established to screen for compounds capable of inhibiting extracellular sporozoites.
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ISSN:1475-2875
DOI:10.1186/s12936-018-2469-0