title: Introduction to, and evaluation of, immunoassays in a malaria research institute in Tanzania.
abstract: Various immunoassays have been introduced into, and evaluated at, the Amani Medical Centre in north-east Tanzania. These include immunoblotting to identify mosquito bloodmeals, immunoradiometric and immunoenzymatic assays to assess the presence of circumsporozoite protein in mosquitoes, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays to measure antibodies to circumsporozoite antibody in people. The assays were shown to be reliable and practicable for use in the study of malaria epidemiology.
authors.affiliation: Amani Medical Research Centre, Tanzania.
authors.forename: Y G
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Matola
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Habluetzel
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Mkufya
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Irare
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Esposito
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D015592:Immunoradiometric Assay; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013636:Tanzania / Q000453:epidemiology