2024
A simple, field-applicable method to increase the infectivity of wild isolates of Plasmodium falciparum to mosquito vectors
Ouattara S, Hien D, Nao E, Paré P, Guissou E, Cohuet A, Morlais I, Yerbanga R, Dabiré K, Ouédraogo J, Mouline K, Lefèvre T. A simple, field-applicable method to increase the infectivity of wild isolates of Plasmodium falciparum to mosquito vectors. Malaria Journal 2024, 23: 135. PMID: 38711028, PMCID: PMC11075210, DOI: 10.1186/s12936-024-04969-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDirect membrane feeding assaysGametocyte densityHuman-to-mosquito transmissionDonor bloodLow gametocyte densitiesMembrane feeding assaysPlasmodium falciparum gametocytesTransmission-blocking interventionsWhole bloodInfection rateFalciparum gametocytesInfectious reservoirNaive serumAsymptomatic individualsMosquito infectionHuman donorsRemoval of plasmaEndemic countriesSerumPlasmodiumParasite isolatesInfectionBlood treatmentGametocytesPlasma volume
2013
Comparison of zinc protoporphyrin concentration in capillary whole blood and venous washed red blood cells among young Burkinabe children
Hess S, Yakes E, Abbeddou S, Peerson J, Some J, Ouedraogo Z, Ouedraogo J, Brown K. Comparison of zinc protoporphyrin concentration in capillary whole blood and venous washed red blood cells among young Burkinabe children. The FASEB Journal 2013, 27: 107.4-107.4. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.27.1_supplement.107.4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchYoung Burkinabe childrenRed blood cellsZinc protoporphyrinPresence of malariaBurkinabe childrenBlood samplesBlood cellsWhole bloodC-reactive proteinPresence of inflammationCapillary whole blood samplesMalaria-endemic regionsZinc protoporphyrin concentrationsRapid diagnostic testsCapillary whole bloodWashed red blood cellsWhole blood samplesVenous samplesVenous bloodIron statusEndemic regionsProtoporphyrin concentrationDiagnostic testsInflammationMalaria
2003
Malaria: use of restriction endonuclease digestion and mutation-specific PCR for antifolate resistance isolate detection.
Kengne P, Ouédraogo J, Zampan H, Veas F, Guiguemdé T. Malaria: use of restriction endonuclease digestion and mutation-specific PCR for antifolate resistance isolate detection. Parassitologia 2003, 45: 27-31. PMID: 15270541.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsAntimalarialsDNA Mutational AnalysisDNA, ProtozoanDrug ResistanceFolic Acid AntagonistsHumansMalaria, FalciparumMutation, MissenseParasitemiaPlasmodium falciparumPoint MutationPolymerase Chain ReactionPolymorphism, Restriction Fragment LengthProguanilProtozoan ProteinsPyrimethamineTetrahydrofolate DehydrogenaseConceptsMutation-specific PCRCycloguanil resistanceBlood samplesResistance isolatesResistance mutationsPlasmodium falciparumMixed infectionsChemosensitivity analysisBloodWhole bloodParasite lysateRapid DNA extractionPCR productsRestriction endonuclease digestionPCRAmplified productsDry filter paperPCR technologyPoint mutationsEndonuclease digestionUndigested samplesPatientsInfectionPyrimethamineMutations