High gametocyte complexity and mosquito infectivity of Plasmodium falciparum in the Gambia

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-227

  Nwakanma, Davis ^a   Kheir, Amani ^b   Sowa, Mercy ^b   Dunyo, Sam ^a   Jawara, Musa ^a   Pinder, Margaret ^a   Milligan, Paul ^a   Walliker, David ^b   Babiker, Hamza A ^b,c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Anopheles mosquito infectivity; Gametocytes; Plasmodium falciparum; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

CLONE; COMPLEXITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC VARIATION; INFECTIVITY; MOSQUITO; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GAMBIA; GAMETOCYTE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GAMBIA; GAMETOGENESIS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AFRICA; GAMBIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ANOPHELES (GENUS); ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 37249045656     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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