Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte antibody responses and g...
Dinko, Bismarck
Little is known about the immune responses directed at circulating P. falciparum gametocytes in humans, knowledge of which would be useful in the development of intervention strategies to reduce and block malaria transmission. Consequently, antibody responses to surface antigens of P. falciparum gametocyte-infected-erythrocytes (GSA) were determined in plasma samples from asymptomatic Ghanaian school children between the ages of 6-17 years. Th...