Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey

1 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Immunology and Infection

Phenotypic Analysis of Rodent Malaria Parasite Asexual and Sexual Blood Stages and Mosquito Stages

Ahmed S.I. Aly^1,2, 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.