Genesis, sequestration and survival of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes: Parameter estimates from fitting a model to malariatherapy data

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 497-501

  Eichner, Martin ^a   Diebner, Hans H ^b   Molineaux, Louis ^c   Collins, William E ^d   Jeffery, Geoffrey M ^e   Dietz, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Centre for Art and Media Technology   (Germany)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation time; Dynamics; Gametocytes; Life cycle; Mathematical modelling; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

PRIMAQUINE; PROGUANIL; PYRIMETHAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CIRCULATION TIME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; GAMETOCYTE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RECORD; MOSQUITO; NEUROSYPHILIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROBABILITY;

ANIMALS; GAMETOGENESIS; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035467601     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90016-1     Document Type: Article

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