The use of anti-Pfs 25 monoclonal antibody for early determination of Plasmodium falciparum oocyst infections in Anopheles gambiae: Comparison with the current technique of direct microscopic diagnosis

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 209-214

  Gouagna, L C ^a,b   Bonnet, S ^a   Gounoue, R ^a,b   Tchuinkam, T ^c   Safeukui, I ^a,b   Verhave, J P ^d   Eling, W ^d   Boudin, C ^a,e  

^a Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endemies en Afrique Centrale Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Inst Francalais Rech Sci Pour L   (France)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Anti Pfs25 mAb; Mature oocysts (OOC7); Plasmodium falciparum; Young oocysts (OOC2)

Indexed keywords

MERBROMIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032792114     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1999.4414     Document Type: Article

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