Host haematological factors influencing the transmission of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes to Anopheles gambiae s.s. mosquitoes

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-138

  Drakeley, C J ^a,b,c   Secka, I ^a   Correa, S ^a   Greenwood, B M ^a,b   Targett, G A T ^b  

^a MRC Laboratories   (Gambia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Ifakara Health Research   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Falciparum malaria; Gametocytes; Malaria transmission

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CHILD; GAMETOCYTE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RETICULOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOGLOBINS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033037105     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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