Mosquito Feeding Assays to Determine the Infectiousness of Naturally Infected Plasmodium falciparum Gametocyte Carriers

Bousema, Teun; R. Dinglasan, Rhoel; Morlais, Isabelle; Gouagna, Louis‐Clément; van Warmerdam, Travis; Awono‐Ambene, Parfait; Bonnet, Sarah; Diallo, Mouctar; Coulibaly, Mamadou; Tchuinkam, Timoléon; Mulder, Bert; Targett, Geoff; Drakeley, Chris; J. Sutherland, Colin; Robert, Vincent; K. Doumbo, Ogobara; T. Touré, Yeya; M. Graves, Patricia; Roeffen, Will; W. Sauerwein, Robert; J. Birkett, Ashley; Locke, Emily; J. Morin, Merribeth; Wu, Yimin; S. Churcher, Thomas

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042821

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Mosquito Feeding Assays to Determine the Infectiousness of Naturally Infected Plasmodium falciparum Gametocyte Carriers

Published in PLoS ONE • Aug 22, 2012

Authors:

Teun Bousema

Rhoel R. Dinglasan

Isabelle Morlais

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: 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. METHODS...

Subject

Gametocyte

Malaria

Biology

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