The relevance and applicability of oocyst prevalence as a read-out for mosquito feeding assays

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Stone, Will J R ^a   Eldering, Maarten ^a   Van Gemert, Geert Jan ^a   Lanke, Kjerstin H W ^a   Grignard, Lynn ^b   Van De Vegte Bolmer, Marga G ^a   Siebelink Stoter, Rianne ^a   Graumans, Wouter ^a   Roeffen, Will F G ^a   Drakeley, Chris J ^b   Sauerwein, Robert W ^a   Bousema, Teun ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SALIVARY GLAND; SPOROZOITE;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; OOCYSTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SALIVARY GLANDS; SPOROZOITES;

EID: 84890161948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03418     Document Type: Article

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