title: Malaria transmission-blocking vaccines: the bonus of effective malaria control.
abstract: Reduction of transmission is important for effective malaria control. Standard microscopic detection grossly underestimates the human transmission reservoir. Malaria transmission intensity is defined by local and focal conditions. Transmission-blocking vaccines may be effective by directly targeting identified hot spots of transmission.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, MMB 268, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. r.sauerwein@mmb.umcn.nl
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Sauerwein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002353:Carrier State / Q000469:parasitology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000469:parasitology; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D017780:Malaria Vaccines; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D017780:Malaria Vaccines