Assessing the infectious reservoir of falciparum malaria: Past and future

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 287-296

  Stone, Will ^a   Gonçalves, Bronner P ^b   Bousema, Teun ^a,b   Drakeley, Chris ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Gametocytes; Infectious reservoir; Mosquito; Plasmodium falciparum; Transmission blocking

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM; REVIEW; SAMPLING; XENODIAGNOSIS; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRANSMISSION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84937526362     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2015.04.004     Document Type: Review

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