2015
Malaria Vaccine Development: Focusing Field Erythrocyte Invasion Studies on Phenotypic Diversity The West African Merozoite Invasion Network (WAMIN)
: T, Ahouidi AD, Amambua-Ngwa A, Awandare GA, Bei AK, Conway DJ, Diakite M, Duraisingh MT, Rayner JC, Zenonos ZA. Malaria Vaccine Development: Focusing Field Erythrocyte Invasion Studies on Phenotypic Diversity The West African Merozoite Invasion Network (WAMIN). Trends In Parasitology 2015, 32: 274-283. PMID: 26725306, PMCID: PMC7021314, DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2015.11.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVaccine candidatesBlood-stage vaccine candidatePromising vaccine targetPlasmodium falciparum merozoitesRelevant evidence baseFalciparum merozoitesVaccine targetsEvidence baseErythrocyte invasionStandardized assaysParasite survivalInvasion phenotypeInvasion studiesTrue extentField isolatesInvasionMost studiesLigands differsMeasuring Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Invasion Phenotypes Using Flow Cytometry
Bei AK, Duraisingh MT. Measuring Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Invasion Phenotypes Using Flow Cytometry. Methods In Molecular Biology 2015, 1325: 167-186. PMID: 26450388, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2815-6_14.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasmodium falciparum merozoite invasionParasite multiplication rateErythrocyte invasion phenotypesInvasion of erythrocytesFlow cytometry methodVaccine mechanismDisease severityInvasion inhibitionEx vivoFlow cytometryMerozoite invasionCytometry methodRing stageInvasion phenotypeInvasionResearch settingsVivoImportant determinantLow levelsAlternative pathwayParasitesParasitemia
2007
Variant merozoite protein expression is associated with erythrocyte invasion phenotypes in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Tanzania
Bei AK, Membi CD, Rayner JC, Mubi M, Ngasala B, Sultan AA, Premji Z, Duraisingh MT. Variant merozoite protein expression is associated with erythrocyte invasion phenotypes in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Tanzania. Molecular And Biochemical Parasitology 2007, 153: 66-71. PMID: 17303262, DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2007.01.007.Peer-Reviewed Original Research