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Assessing Plasmodium falciparum transmission in mosquito-feeding assays using quantitative PCR
BACKGROUND: Evaluating the efficacy of transmission-blocking interventions relies on mosquito-feeding assays, with transmission typically assessed by microscopic identification of oocysts in mosquito midguts; however, microscopy has limited throughput, sensitivity and specificity. Where low prevalen...
Autores principales: | Wang, Claire Y. T., McCarthy, James S., Stone, Will J., Bousema, Teun, Collins, Katharine A., Bialasiewicz, Seweryn |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6034226/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29976199 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2382-6 |
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