The plasticity of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytaemia in relation to age in Burkina Faso

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ouédraogo, André Lin ^a,b   Bousema, Teun ^c   De Vlas, Sake J ^d   Cuzin Ouattara, Nadine ^a   Verhave, Jan Peter ^b   Drakeley, Chris ^c   Luty, Adrian Jf ^b   Sauerwein, Robert ^b  

^a Centre National de Recherche et de Formation Sur le Paludisme   (Burkina Faso)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BURKINA FASO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GAMETOCYTE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; BLOOD; CHILD; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957744425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-281     Document Type: Article

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