@article{fdi:010064001,
  title = {{I}nfectiousness of the human population to {A}nopheles arabiensis by direct skin feeding in an area hypoendemic for malaria in {S}enegal},
  author = {{G}aye, {A}. and {B}ousema, {T}. and {L}ibasse, {G}. and {N}diath, {M}. {O}. and {K}onate, {L}. and {J}awara, {M}. and {F}aye, {O}. and {S}okhna, {C}heikh},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{D}irect skin feeding experiments are sensitive assays to determine human infectiousness to mosquitoes but are rarely used in malaria epidemiological surveys. {W}e determined the infectiousness of inhabitants of a malaria hypoendemic area in {S}enegal. {G}ametocyte prevalence by microscopy was 13.5% (26 of 192). {O}f all individuals who were gametocyte positive, 44.4% (11 of 25) infected >= 1 {A}nopheles arabiensis mosquito and 10.8% (54 of 500) of mosquitoes became infected. {O}f all individuals who were gametocyte negative by microscopy, 4.3% (7 of 162) infected 1 mosquito and 0.4% (12 of 3240) of mosquitoes became infected. {T}he 18.2% (12 of 66) of all mosquito infections was a result of submicroscopic gametocyte carriage and two individuals without asexual parasites or gametocytes by microscopy were infectious to mosquitoes. {W}hen infectivity and local demography was taken into account, children 5-14 years of age contributed 50.8% of the human infectious reservoir for malaria. {A}dults and submicroscopic gametocyte carriers may contribute considerably to onward malaria transmission in our setting.},
  keywords = {{SENEGAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}merican {J}ournal of {T}ropical {M}edicine and {H}ygiene},
  volume = {92},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {648--652},
  ISSN = {0002-9637},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.4269/ajtmh.14-0402},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064001},
}