A semi-automated method for counting fluorescent malaria oocysts increases the throughput of transmission blocking studies

Background. Malaria transmission is now recognized as a key target for intervention. Evaluation of the Plasmodium oocyst burden in the midguts of Anopheles spp. is important for many of assays investigating transmission. However, current assays are very time-consuming, manually demanding and patentl...

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Autori principali: Delves, M, Sinden, R
Natura: Journal article
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: BioMed Central 2010