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. 1985 Dec;79(6):607-16.
doi: 10.1080/00034983.1985.11811968.

Corticosteroid stimulation of the growth of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes in vitro

S M Maswoswe, W Peters, D C Warhurst

Corticosteroid stimulation of the growth of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes in vitro

S M Maswoswe et al. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1985 Dec.

Abstract

Corticosteroids were found to enhance gametocyte production in vitro in two gametocyte-producing chloroquine-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum. No significant enhancement was observed in two chloroquine-sensitive strains. Gametocytes were not induced by corticosteroids in a fifth strain which had lost the ability to produce gametocytes.

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