Kinetics of Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte sex ratios: Application to the evaluation of the potential of antimalarial drugs to influence malaria transmission

Open Tropical Medicine Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-38

  Gbotosho, Grace O ^a   Sowunmi, Akintunde ^a   Happi, Christian T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antimalarials; Children; Gametocytes; Nigeria; P. falciparum; Sex ratio; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTESUNATE; BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; METAKELFIN; PROBENECID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 80455130974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18743153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874315301104010033     Document Type: Article

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