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Application of a qPCR assay in the investigation of susceptibility to malaria infection of the M and S molecular forms of An. gambiae s.s. in Cameroon.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Boissière Anne, Gimonneau Geoffrey, Tchioffo Majoline T, Abate Luc, Bayibeki Albert, Awono-Ambéné Parfait H, Nsango Sandrine E, Morlais Isabelle
Abstract excerpt
Plasmodium falciparum is the causative agent of malaria, a disease that kills almost one million persons each year, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. P. falciparum is transmitted to the human host by the bite of an Anopheles female mosquito, and Anopheles gambiae sensus stricto is the most tremendous malaria vector in Africa, widespread throughout the afro-tropical belt. An. gambiae s.s. is subdivided into two...
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