Anopheles salivary apyrase regulates blood meal hemostasis and drives malaria parasite transmission
Z. R. Pala, T. L. Alves e Silva, M. Minai, B. Crews, E. Patino-Martinez, C. Carmona-Rivera, P. C. Valenzuela-Leon, I. Martin-Martin, Y. Flores-Garcia, R. E. Cachau, N. Srivastava, I. N. Moore, D. A. Alves, M. J. Kaplan, E. Fischer, , J. Vega-Rodriguez
This study shows that Anopheles salivary apyrase promotes Plasmodium transmission by modulating hemostasis during blood feeding.
bioRxiv · May 22, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology