Plasmodium falciparum transmission blocking immunity under conditions of low and high endemicity in Cameroon

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-110

  Boudin, C ^a,b,f   Van Der Kolk, M ^a,e   Tchuinkam, T ^a,c   Gouagna, C ^a,c   Bonnet, S ^a,d   Safeukui, I ^a,c   Mulder, B ^a,e   Meunier, J Y ^a,b   Verhave, J P ^e  

^a Oceac ^*  (Cameroon)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f Laboratoire de Paludologie   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Direct Membrane Feeding Assay; Gametocyte; Infectivity to mosquito; Measurement; Plasmodium falciparum; Transmission blocking immunity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CELL DENSITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OOCYTE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CAMEROON; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULICIDAE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 3142761030     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0141-9838.2004.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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