A slot blot immunoassay for quantitative detection of plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein in mosquito midgut oocyst

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Kumar, Sanjai ^a   Zheng, Hong ^a   Deng, Bingbing ^b   Mahajan, Babita ^a   Grabias, Bryan ^a   Kozakai, Yukiko ^a   Morin, Merribeth J ^c   Locke, Emily ^c   Birkett, Ashley ^c   Miura, Kazutoyo ^b   Long, Carole ^b  

^a Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Program for Appropriate Technology in Health PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN, PROTOZOAN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCED CHEMILUMINESCENT BASED SLOT BLOT ASSAY; FOOD INTAKE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LINEAR SYSTEM; MICROSCOPY; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLOT BLOT IMMUNOASSAY; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPOROZOITE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; OOCYSTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPOROZOITES;

EID: 84919626432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115807     Document Type: Article

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