Is that a real oocyst? Insectary establishment and identification of Plasmodium falciparum oocysts in midguts of Anopheles mosquitoes fed on infected human blood in Tororo, Uganda

BACKGROUND: The human infectious reservoir for malaria consists of individuals capable of infecting mosquitoes. Oocyst prevalence and density are typical indicators of human infectivity to mosquitoes. However, identification of oocysts is challenging, particularly in areas of low malaria transmissio...

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Autores principales: Musiime, Alex K., Okoth, Joseph, Conrad, Melissa, Ayo, Daniel, Onyige, Ismail, Rek, John, Nankabirwa, Joaniter I., Arinaitwe, Emmanuel, Kamya, Moses R., Dorsey, Grant, van Gemert, Geert-Jan, Staedke, Sarah G., Drakeley, Chris, Bousema, Teun, Andolina, Chiara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Methodology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6712792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31455343
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2922-8

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