title: Early sporogonic development in local vectors of Plasmodium falciparum in rural Cameroon.
abstract: In ongoing studies on experimental transmission of Plasmodium falciparum in the city of Yaounde gametocyte carriers are daily being identified among dispensary patients with malaria-like complaints. This species comprises 93% of all parasitemias and because of the selection criteria most patients have it as a recent infection. 17% of all P. falciparum-positives carry detectable gametocytes with little difference between youngsters and adults. Blood of adult carriers is taken and infection of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes is attempted by membrane feeding; the establishment of infection is judged by the presence of oocysts.
authors.affiliation: ORSTOM/OCEAC, Yaounde, Cameroon.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Le Goff
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Toto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Essong
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Verhave
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000469:parasitology*; D002163:Cameroon; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000635:transmission*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000254:growth & development*; D012423:Rural Health