Gametocyte infectivity by direct mosquito feeds in an area of seasonal malaria transmission: Implications for Bancoumana, Mali as a transmission- blocking vaccine site

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 481-486

  Toure, Yeya T ^a   Doumbo, Ogobara ^a   Toure, Abdoulaye ^a   Bagayoko, Magaran ^a   Diallo, Mouctar ^a   Dolo, Amagana ^a   Vernick, Kenneth D ^b   Keister, David B ^c   Muratova, Olga ^c   Kaslow, David C ^c  

^a Dept Epidemiol of Parasitic Dis   (Mali)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALI; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0031682746     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.481     Document Type: Article

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