Nature Communications (Oct 2017)
Examining the human infectious reservoir for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in areas of differing transmission intensity
- Bronner P. Gonçalves,
- Melissa C. Kapulu,
- Patrick Sawa,
- Wamdaogo M. Guelbéogo,
- Alfred B. Tiono,
- Lynn Grignard,
- Will Stone,
- Joel Hellewell,
- Kjerstin Lanke,
- Guido J. H. Bastiaens,
- John Bradley,
- Issa Nébié,
- Joyce M. Ngoi,
- Robin Oriango,
- Dora Mkabili,
- Maureen Nyaurah,
- Janet Midega,
- Dyann F. Wirth,
- Kevin Marsh,
- Thomas S. Churcher,
- Philip Bejon,
- Sodiomon B. Sirima,
- Chris Drakeley,
- Teun Bousema
Affiliations
- Bronner P. Gonçalves
- Department of Immunology and Infection, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Melissa C. Kapulu
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Wellcome Trust Programme
- Patrick Sawa
- Human Health Division, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
- Wamdaogo M. Guelbéogo
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme
- Alfred B. Tiono
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme
- Lynn Grignard
- Department of Immunology and Infection, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Will Stone
- Department of Immunology and Infection, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Joel Hellewell
- MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis & Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London
- Kjerstin Lanke
- Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center
- Guido J. H. Bastiaens
- Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center
- John Bradley
- MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Issa Nébié
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme
- Joyce M. Ngoi
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Wellcome Trust Programme
- Robin Oriango
- Human Health Division, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
- Dora Mkabili
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Wellcome Trust Programme
- Maureen Nyaurah
- Human Health Division, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
- Janet Midega
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Wellcome Trust Programme
- Dyann F. Wirth
- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Kevin Marsh
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Wellcome Trust Programme
- Thomas S. Churcher
- MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis & Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London
- Philip Bejon
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Wellcome Trust Programme
- Sodiomon B. Sirima
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme
- Chris Drakeley
- Department of Immunology and Infection, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Teun Bousema
- Department of Immunology and Infection, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01270-4
- Journal volume & issue
-
Vol. 8,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
Heterogeneity in the transmission potential of individual hosts is an important feature of malaria. Here, the authors perform a multi-regional study of the human infectious reservoir in malaria-endemic regions of Burkina Faso and Kenya.