Mosquito feeding assays to determine the infectiousness of naturally infected Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte carriers.

In the era of malaria elimination and eradication, drug-based and vaccine-based approaches to reduce malaria transmission are receiving greater attention. Such interventions require assays that reliably measure the transmission of Plasmodium from humans to Anopheles mosquitoes.WE COMPARED TWO COMMON...

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Main Authors: Teun Bousema, Rhoel R Dinglasan, Isabelle Morlais, Louis C Gouagna, Travis van Warmerdam, Parfait H Awono-Ambene, Sarah Bonnet, Mouctar Diallo, Mamadou Coulibaly, Timoléon Tchuinkam, Bert Mulder, Geoff Targett, Chris Drakeley, Colin Sutherland, Vincent Robert, Ogobara Doumbo, Yeya Touré, Patricia M Graves, Will Roeffen, Robert Sauerwein, Ashley Birkett, Emily Locke, Merribeth Morin, Yimin Wu, Thomas S Churcher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3425579?pdf=render