Assays for quantification of male and female gametocytes in human blood by qRT-PCR in the absence of pure sex-specific gametocyte standards

Malaria transmission from humans to Anopheles mosquitoes requires the presence of gametocytes in human peripheral circulation, and the dynamics of transmission are determined largely by the density and sex ratio ...

Source: Malaria Journal - June 23, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Claire Y. T. Wang, Emma Ballard, Stacey Llewellyn, Louise Marquart, Teun Bousema, James S. McCarthy and Katharine A. Collins Tags: Research Source Type: research