Comparison of molecular quantification of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes by Pfs25 qRT-PCR and QT-NASBA in relation to mosquito infectivity

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-11

  Pett, Helmi ^a   Gonçalves, Bronner P ^b   Dicko, Alassane ^c   Nébié, Issa ^d   Tiono, Alfred B ^d   Lanke, Kjerstin ^a   Bradley, John ^b   Chen, Ingrid ^e   Diawara, Halimatou ^c   Mahamar, Almahamoudou ^c   Soumare, Harouna M ^c   Traore, Sekou F ^c   Baber, Ibrahima ^c   Sirima, Sodiomon B ^d   Sauerwein, Robert ^a   Brown, Joelle ^e   Gosling, Roly ^e   Felger, Ingrid ^f   Drakeley, Chris ^b   Bousema, Teun ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

^c Sociétés   (Mali)

^d Burkina Faso   (Burkina Faso)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Gametocytes; Malaria; Mosquito; qRT PCR; QT NASBA; Quantification; Transmission

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PFS25 PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; GENE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE BASED AMPLIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PFS25 GENE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALI; PARASITE LOAD; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALI; PARASITE LOAD; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-SUSTAINED SEQUENCE REPLICATION;

EID: 84995678289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1584-z     Document Type: Article

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