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Successful Dissection of the Salivary Glands of Anopheles Mosquitoes Three Months after Storage at −70° C.

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IT has been demonstrated that the sporozoites of several species of plasmodia remain viable for several years when stored at temperatures around −70° C.1.

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SHUTE, P., MARYON, M. Successful Dissection of the Salivary Glands of Anopheles Mosquitoes Three Months after Storage at −70° C.. Nature 195, 89 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/195089a0

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