Use of circumsporozoite protein enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay compared with microscopic examination of salivary glands for calculation of malaria infectivity rates in mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae) from Cameroon

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 451-454

  Fontenille, Didier ^a,b   Meunier, Jean Yves ^a,b   Nkondjio, Christophe Antonio ^a,b   Tchuinkam, Timoleon ^a,c  

^a Organisation Coord Pour Lutte C   (Cameroon)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Cameroon; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Malaria; Mosquitoes; Transmission

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN, PROTOZOAN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SALIVARY GLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CAMEROON; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SALIVARY GLANDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035350216     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.3.451     Document Type: Article

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