Malaria transmission-blocking activity in the plasma of Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte carriers in Cameroon

Parassitologia. 1993 Jul:35 Suppl:65-7.

Abstract

Experimental infections of Anopheles gambiae were carried out with Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes from 65 naturally infected patients in Cameroon. A comparison was made between infections with blood containing autologous plasma and blood in which the plasma was replaced by plasma from donors without previous malaria exposure. A lower mosquito-infection rate was observed in 50 out of 65 autologous plasma samples. The transmission was completely blocked in 8 infections, whilst belonging exposures to heterologous plasma led to infected mosquitoes. Evidence is shown that blood plasma factors of gametocyte carriers from a population living in a malaria-endemic area are able to reduce transmission capacity.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Anopheles / parasitology*
  • Cameroon
  • Carrier State / blood*
  • Carrier State / parasitology
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Insect Vectors / parasitology*
  • Malaria, Falciparum / blood*
  • Malaria, Falciparum / parasitology
  • Malaria, Falciparum / transmission
  • Plasmodium falciparum / growth & development
  • Plasmodium falciparum / isolation & purification*
  • Reproduction