Bezmialem Vakif University 1 article published in JoVE Immunology and Infection Phenotypic Analysis of Rodent Malaria Parasite Asexual and Sexual Blood Stages and Mosquito Stages Ahmed S.I. Aly1,2, Gozde Deveci1, Ilknur Yilmaz1, Amanah Abraham2, Aneesa Golshan2, Robert J. Hart2 1Beykoz Institute of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University Due to the striking similarities of the life cycle and biology of rodent malaria parasites to human malaria parasites, rodent malaria models have become indispensable for malaria research. Herein, we standardized some of the most important techniques used in the phenotypic analysis of wild-type and transgenic rodent malaria species.
