Substantial Contribution of Submicroscopical Plasmodium falciparum Gametocyte Carriage to the Infect...
Substantial Contribution of Submicroscopical Plasmodium falciparum Gametocyte Carriage to the Infectious Reservoir in an Area of Seasonal Transmission
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United States: Public Library of Science
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Man to mosquito transmission of malaria depends on the presence of the sexual stage parasites, gametocytes, that often circulate at low densities. Gametocyte densities below the microscopical threshold of detection may be sufficient to infect mosquitoes but the importance of submicroscopical gametocyte carriage in different transmission settings is...
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Substantial Contribution of Submicroscopical Plasmodium falciparum Gametocyte Carriage to the Infectious Reservoir in an Area of Seasonal Transmission
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1292245212
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1292245212
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0008410
