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Genotyping of Anopheles mosquito blood meals reveals nonrandom human host selection: implications for human-to-mosquito Plasmodium falciparum transmission.
Malaria journal - 7 Apr 2023
Mbewe Rex B, Keven John B, Mangani Charles, Wilson Mark L, Mzilahowa Themba, Mathanga Don P, Valim Clarissa, Laufer Miriam K, Walker Edward D, Cohee Lauren M
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BACKGROUND: Control of malaria parasite transmission can be enhanced by understanding which human demographic groups serve as the infectious reservoirs. Because vector biting can be heterogeneous, some infected individuals may contribute more to human-to-mosquito transmission than others. Infection prevalence peaks in school-age children, but it is not known how often they are fed upon. Genotypic profiling of...
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