Evaluation of the standard membrane feeding assay (SMFA) for the determination of malaria transmission-reducing activity using empirical data

Parasitology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-22

  Van Der Kolk, M ^a,b,c   De Vlas, S J ^d   Saul, A ^e   Van De Vegte Bolmer, M ^a   Eling, W M ^a   Sauerwein, W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

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

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles stephensi; Malaria; Membrane feeding; Plasmodium falciparum; Transmission blocking activity; Transmission blocking vaccine

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE; TRANSMISSION BLOCKING VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD SMEAR; CAMEROON; CELL DENSITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEEDING; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA; MEMBRANE FEEDING; OBSERVER VARIATION; OOCYST; OOCYST DENSITY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD MEMBRANE FEEDING ASSAY; TANZANIA; TRANSMISSION BLOCKING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OOCYSTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 12744253490     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004006067     Document Type: Article

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