Predominance of asymptomatic and sub-microscopic infections characterizes the Plasmodium gametocyte reservoir in the Peruvian Amazon

Eduard Rovira-Vallbona; Juan José Contreras-Mancilla; Roberson Ramirez; Mitchel Guzmán-Guzmán; Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar; Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas; Joseph M. Vinetz; Dionicia Gamboa; Anna Rosanas-Urgell

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005674

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Predominance of asymptomatic and sub-microscopic infections characterizes the Plasmodium gametocyte reservoir in the Peruvian Amazon

Eduard Rovira-Vallbona ,

* E-mail: erovira@itg.be

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4765-1076

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Juan José Contreras-Mancilla,

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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Roberson Ramirez,

Affiliation Laboratorio Satelite Iquitos UPCH-UCSD, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Loreto, Peru
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Mitchel Guzmán-Guzmán,

Affiliation Laboratorio Satelite Iquitos UPCH-UCSD, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Loreto, Peru
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Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar,

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas,

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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Joseph M. Vinetz,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
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Dionicia Gamboa ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Dionicia Gamboa, Anna Rosanas-Urgell

Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Departamento de Ciencias Celulares y Moleculares, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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Anna Rosanas-Urgell

Contributed equally to this work with: Dionicia Gamboa, Anna Rosanas-Urgell

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Predominance of asymptomatic and sub-microscopic infections characterizes the Plasmodium gametocyte reservoir in the Peruvian Amazon

Eduard Rovira-Vallbona,
Juan José Contreras-Mancilla,
Roberson Ramirez,
Mitchel Guzmán-Guzmán,
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar,
Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas,
Joseph M. Vinetz,
Dionicia Gamboa,
Anna Rosanas-Urgell

Published: July 3, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005674

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