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Purity Cassandra Ronnie

International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

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The Plasmodium transmission-blocking symbiont, Microsporidia MB, is vertically transmitted through Anopheles arabiensis germline stem cells

Thomas Ogao Onchuru, Edward Edmond Makhulu, Purity Cassandra Ronnie, Stancy Mandere Omboye, Fidel Gabriel Otieno, Joseph Gichuhi, Jeremy K. Herren

This study identifies the mechanism of vertical transmission of Microsporidia MB in Anopheles arabiensis, showing it spreads through germline stem cells and replicates in oocytes during egg development.

PLoS Pathogens · Nov 11, 2024Peer-reviewedEcology