Transmission-blocking Effects of Primaquine and Methylene Blue Suggest Plasmodium falciparum Gametocyte Sterilization Rather Than Effects on Sex Ratio.
John
Bradley
;
Harouna M
Soumaré
;
Almahamoudou
Mahamar
;
Halimatou
Diawara
;
Michelle
Roh
;
Michael
Delves
;
Chris
Drakeley
;
Thomas S
Churcher
;
Alassane
Dicko
;
Roly
Gosling
;
+1 more...
Teun
Bousema
;
(2019)
Transmission-blocking Effects of Primaquine and Methylene Blue Suggest Plasmodium falciparum Gametocyte Sterilization Rather Than Effects on Sex Ratio.
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69 (8).
pp. 1436-1439.
ISSN 1058-4838
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz134
Gametocyte density and sex ratio can predict the proportion of mosquitoes that will become infected after feeding on blood of patients receiving nongametocytocidal drugs. Because primaquine and methylene blue sterilize gametocytes before affecting their density and sex ratio, mosquito feeding experiments are required to demonstrate their early transmission-blocking effects.
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Date Deposited | 28 Feb 2019 15:37 |
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9449-4608
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8526-4782
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4863-075X
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6291-0024