Infectivity of Symptomatic Patients and Their Contribution for Infectiousness of Mosquitoes following a Membrane Feeding Assay in Ethiopia

ABSTRACT The membrane feeding assay is widely used to evaluate the efficacy of transmission-blocking interventions (TBIs) and identify the reservoir of malaria. This study aimed to determine the infectivity of blood meals from symptomatic Plasmodium-infected patients to an Anopheles arabiensis colon...

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Main Authors: Andargie Abate, Soriya Kedir, Mitiku Bose, Jifar Hassen, Laurent Dembele, Lemu Golassa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-10-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00628-22