1. Age-dependent carriage of gametocytes in an area of high and seasonal malaria transmission in Burkina Faso.
Age-dependent carriage of gametocytes in an area of high and seasonal malaria transmission in Burkina Faso. Gametocytes were detected by microscopy (thick blood films; screening of 100 fields at a magnification of ×1,000, using oil immersion) in cross-sectional surveys. The proportion of infections with concurrent gametocytes is highest in children and decreases with age. Among infections with gametocytes, the density of gametocytes relative to the total parasite density increases with age (334).
Teun Bousema, and Chris Drakeley Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 2011; doi: /CMR