@article{fdi:010006783, title = {{L}actate dehydrogenase as a marker of {P}lasmodium infection in malaria vector {A}nopheles}, author = {{R}iandey, {M}arie-{F}rance and {S}annier, {C}hristiane and {P}eltre, {G}. and {M}onteny, {N}icole and {C}avaleyra, {M}ireille}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{L}actate dehydrogenase ({L}dh) electrophoresis showed the presence of #{P}lasmodium yoelii yoelii$ in #{A}nopheles stephensi$ and #{A}n. gambiae$. {T}he {L}dh appeared as an additional band (p{L}dh) whose activity was more intense with 3-acetyl pyridine adenine dinucleotide as coenzyme than with beta nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide. {S}everal allelic forms occurred both in the vector and the host. {T}he isoelectric point of {L}dh, similar in the vector and host, differed from those of {L}dh from mosquito and mouse. {T}he presence of p{L}dh was detected from the 2nd to the 28th day of infection. {T}he p{L}dh appeared to be proportional to the number of sporozoites present in infected salivary glands. {H}owever, p{L}dh was not found in salivary glands or midguts, but it was detected in the rest of the corresponding mosquito. {T}he origin and use of p{L}dh as a marker of #{P}lasmodium$ in its vector is discussed. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)}, keywords = {{ENTOMOLOGIE} {MEDICALE} ; {PALUDISME} ; {EPIDEMIOLOGIE} ; {INFECTION} ; {ENZYME} ; {DOSAGE} ; {LACTATE} {DESHYDROGENASE} ; {ELECTROPHORESE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{J}ournal of the {A}merican {M}osquito {C}ontrol {A}ssociation}, volume = {12}, numero = {2}, pages = {194--198}, ISSN = {8756-971{X}}, year = {1996}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010006783}, }