The design and interpretation of laboratory assays measuring mosquito transmission of Plasmodium

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 457-465

  Sinden, Robert E ^a,b   Blagborough, Andrew M ^a   Churcher, Thomas ^a   Ramakrishnan, Chandra ^a   Biswas, Sumi ^b   Delves, Michael J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assays; Gamete; Gametocyte; Malaria; Oocyst; Ookinete; Sporozoite; Transmission

Indexed keywords

MERBROMIN; MESSENGER RNA; TUBULIN;

ASSAY; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIRECT FEEDING ASSAY; DIRECT MEMBRANE FEEDING ASSAY; DNA REPLICATION; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GAMETE; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOW THROUGHPUT ASSAY; MALARIA; MEDIUM THROUGHPUT ASSAY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); PLASMODIUM VIVAX; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND; SPOROZOITE; STANDARD MEMBRANE FEEDING ASSAY; TROPHOZOITE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; RESEARCH;

PLASMODIUM PARASITES;

EID: 84867856252     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2012.07.005     Document Type: Review

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