News Finding: "Our results indicate that those parasites activating the expression of PfAP2-G early enough during the cycle can take the rapid route, whereas the others need to go through a replication cycle before converting into gametocytes," explains first author Cristina Bancells.
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News Context: "The point at which the parasite decides to become a gametocyte turned out to be earlier than previously thought," explains Cortes. "Our results indicate that those parasites activating the expression of PfAP2-G early enough during the cycle can take the rapid route, whereas the others need to go through a replication cycle before converting into gametocytes," explains first author Cristina Bancells. "This rapid route could favor the parasite's survival and transmission in a 'dangerous' situation, for example in the case of drug treatment," she adds.
Paper Context: and decreased until 30-35 h.p.i. (Fig. In addition to late schizonts, 40-45 h.p.i.