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TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY
卷 35, 期 3, 页码 226-238出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2018.12.001
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- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation [INDIE OPP1173572]
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (Vidi fellowship NWO) [016.158.306]
- European Research Council [ERC-2014-StG 639776]
- Netherlands organization for international cooperation in higher education (Nuffic) [NFP-PhD. 14/150]
- Wellcome Trust [078749]
- BBSRC
A mosquito needs to ingest at least one male and one female gametocyte to become infected with malaria. The sex of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes can be determined microscopically but recent transcriptomics studies paved the way for the development of molecular methods that allow sex-ratio assessments at much lower gametocyte densities. These sex-specific gametocyte diagnostics were recently used to examine gametocyte dynamics in controlled and natural infections as well as the impact of different antimalarial drugs. It is currently unclear to what extent sex-specific gametocyte diagnostics obviate the need for mosquito feeding assays to formally assess transmission potential. Here, we review recent and historic assessments of gametocyte sex ratio in relation to host and parasite characteristics, treatment, and transmission potential.
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