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The plasticity of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytaemia in relation to age in Burkina Faso

BACKGROUND: Malaria transmission depends on the presence of gametocytes in the peripheral blood. In this study, the age-dependency of gametocytaemia was examined by microscopy and molecular tools. METHODS: A total of 5,383 blood samples from individuals of all ages were collected over six cross sect...

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Autores principales: Ouédraogo, André Lin, Bousema, Teun, de Vlas, Sake J, Cuzin-Ouattara, Nadine, Verhave, Jan-Peter, Drakeley, Chris, Luty, Adrian JF, Sauerwein, Robert
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3020678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20939916
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-281