4. 1 Parasites and mice
P. berghei ANKA (MRA 311) and P. berghei ANKA GFP (MRA 867 507 m6cl1) were obtained from BEI resources, USA. Swiss albino and C57BL/6 mice were used for parasite infections. All animal experiments performed in this study were approved by the Institutional Animal Ethics Committee at CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, India (IAEC reference no: IAEC/2013/83).