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Host age and Plasmodium falciparum multiclonality are associated with gametocyte prevalence: a 1-year prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Since Plasmodium falciparum transmission relies exclusively on sexual-stage parasites, several malaria control strategies aim to disrupt this step of the life cycle. Thus, a better understanding of which individuals constitute the primary gametocyte reservoir within an endemic population...

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Autores principales: Adomako-Ankomah, Yaw, Chenoweth, Matthew S., Tocker, Aaron M., Doumbia, Saibou, Konate, Drissa, Doumbouya, Mory, Keita, Abdoul S., Anderson, Jennifer M., Fairhurst, Rick M., Diakite, Mahamadou, Miura, Kazutoyo, Long, Carole A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5696713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29162100
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-2123-2