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SINCE the isolation of Plasmodium berghei from the tree rat Thamnomys surdaster in the Congo1, there have been many attempts to infect mosquitoes in the laboratory and establish cyclical transmission. This has been necessary because the natural vector Anopheles dureni can be colonized only with difficulty2.
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KALUCY, E., MCMILLAN, B. Transmission of Plasmodium berghei (NK65 Strain) by Anopheles annulipes Walker. Nature 225, 97 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225097a0
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