Substantial contribution of submicroscopical Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte carriage to the infectious reservoir in an area of seasonal transmission.
BACKGROUND:Man to mosquito transmission of malaria depends on the presence of the sexual stage parasites, gametocytes, that often circulate at low densities. Gametocyte densities below the microscopical threshold of detection may be sufficient to infect mosquitoes but the importance of submicroscopi...
Main Authors: | André Lin Ouédraogo, Teun Bousema, Petra Schneider, Sake J de Vlas, Edith Ilboudo-Sanogo, Nadine Cuzin-Ouattara, Issa Nébié, Will Roeffen, Jan Peter Verhave, Adrian J F Luty, Robert Sauerwein |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-12-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2793432?pdf=render |
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