Background: Entomological surveillance for malaria is inherently resource-intensive and
produces crude population-level measures of vector exposure which are insensitive in low …

The changing epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax: Insights from conventional and novel
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The identification of factors affecting the susceptibility to infectious diseases is essential
toward reducing their burden on the human population. The ABO blood type correlates with …

Background Mosquito saliva is a complex cocktail whose pharmacological properties play
an essential role in blood feeding by counteracting host physiological response to tissue …

Background. The modalities of malaria transmission along the Thailand-Myanmar border
are poorly understood. Here we address the relevance of using a specific Anopheles …

Background During blood meal, the female mosquito injects saliva able to elicit an immune
response in the vertebrate. This immune response has been proven to reflect the intensity of …

Heterozygous carriers of hemoglobin S and C (HbAS and HbAC) have a reduced risk of
severe malaria but are not protected from Plasmodium falciparum infection, suggesting that …

Background Malaria prevalence in the highlands of Northern Tanzania is currently below
1% making this an elimination prone setting. As climate changes may facilitate increasing …

The applicability of the specific human IgG antibody response to Anopheles gambiae
salivary Gland Protein-6 peptide 1 (gSG6-P1 salivary peptide) as a biomarker able to …

Background The humoral immune response against Anopheles salivary glands proteins in
the vertebrate host can reflect the intensity of exposure to Anopheles bites and the risk of …