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. 1986 Jan;35(1):66-8.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1986.35.66.

Malaria transmitted to humans by mosquitoes infected from cultured Plasmodium falciparum

J D Chulay, I Schneider, T M Cosgriff, S L Hoffman, W R Ballou, I A Quakyi, R Carter, J H Trosper, W T Hockmeyer

Malaria transmitted to humans by mosquitoes infected from cultured Plasmodium falciparum

J D Chulay et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1986 Jan.

Abstract

Malaria was transmitted to six normal human volunteers by mosquitoes infected from cultured gametocytes of Plasmodium falciparum. This method, which offers advantages over other methods of infecting volunteers, will be useful for evaluating the efficacy of human malaria vaccines.

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