2014
Experimental study of the relationship between Plasmodium gametocyte density and infection success in mosquitoes; implications for the evaluation of malaria transmission-reducing interventions
Da D, Churcher T, Yerbanga R, Yaméogo B, Sangaré I, Ouedraogo J, Sinden R, Blagborough A, Cohuet A. Experimental study of the relationship between Plasmodium gametocyte density and infection success in mosquitoes; implications for the evaluation of malaria transmission-reducing interventions. Experimental Parasitology 2014, 149: 74-83. PMID: 25541384, DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2014.12.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGametocyte densityParasite densityBlood samplesInfected bloodMouse bloodInfectious blood samplesMembrane feeding assaysPlasmodium berghei infectionTransmission-reducing interventionsPlasmodium falciparum samplesBlood dilutionEvaluation of transmissionInfected mouse bloodBerghei infectionPlasmodium infectionMosquito infectivityAnopheles coluzzii mosquitoesInhibitory factorMonoclonal antibodiesBloodAccurate relative measuresInfectionUninfected bloodHost bloodColuzzii mosquitoes
2013
Multiple populations of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Cambodia
Miotto O, Almagro-Garcia J, Manske M, MacInnis B, Campino S, Rockett K, Amaratunga C, Lim P, Suon S, Sreng S, Anderson J, Duong S, Nguon C, Chuor C, Saunders D, Se Y, Lon C, Fukuda M, Amenga-Etego L, Hodgson A, Asoala V, Imwong M, Takala-Harrison S, Nosten F, Su X, Ringwald P, Ariey F, Dolecek C, Hien T, Boni M, Thai C, Amambua-Ngwa A, Conway D, Djimdé A, Doumbo O, Zongo I, Ouedraogo J, Alcock D, Drury E, Auburn S, Koch O, Sanders M, Hubbart C, Maslen G, Ruano-Rubio V, Jyothi D, Miles A, O'Brien J, Gamble C, Oyola S, Rayner J, Newbold C, Berriman M, Spencer C, McVean G, Day N, White N, Bethell D, Dondorp A, Plowe C, Fairhurst R, Kwiatkowski D. Multiple populations of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Cambodia. Nature Genetics 2013, 45: 648-655. PMID: 23624527, PMCID: PMC3807790, DOI: 10.1038/ng.2624.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsArtemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparumPlasmodium falciparum samplesArtemisinin resistancePlasmodium falciparumDistinct subpopulations