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
Management Problems of Trans-Frontier Yellow Fever Cases in Burkina Faso 2010
Yaro S, Ouoba A, Zango A, Rouamba J, Drabo A, Ouangraoua S, Samandoulougou-Kirakoya F, Macq J, Robert A, Ouedraogo J. Management Problems of Trans-Frontier Yellow Fever Cases in Burkina Faso 2010. Advances In Infectious Diseases 2013, 2013: 84-88. DOI: 10.4236/aid.2013.32013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealth districtYellow feverYellow fever casesIvory CostNational Reference LaboratorySpecific IgMHealth centersFever casesPositive seraHealth authoritiesCase management problemsConfirmed casesFeverELISA testRT-PCRReference laboratoryPasteur InstituteRegional laboratoriesBurkina FasoPositive resultsSerumRelative lackCasesIgMSindou