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- Title
effect of anticoagulants in blood collection tubes on Plasmodium falciparum transmission in direct membrane feeding assays.
- Authors
Graumans, Wouter; Lanke, Kjerstin; Gemert, Geert-Jan van; Alkema, Manon; van de Vegte-Bolmer, Marga; Bousema, Teun; Collins, Katharine A
- Abstract
Background Direct membrane feeding assays assess the transmission potential of malaria-infected individuals using whole blood collected in anticoagulant vacutainers. Methods The potential inhibitory effect of four commonly used anticoagulants on gametocyte infectivity to mosquitoes was assessed in standard membrane feeding assays with cultured Plasmodium falciparum. Results Infection burden in mosquitoes was significantly reduced when blood was collected in sodium citrate and EDTA. Transmission was highest when blood was collected in lithium heparin and sodium heparin, although a concentration-dependent inhibition of mosquito infection was also observed. Conclusions Although anticoagulants can reduce transmission efficiency, lithium heparin and sodium heparin are the best anticoagulants for evaluating malaria transmission.
- Subjects
PLASMODIUM falciparum; ANTICOAGULANTS; HEPARIN; TUBES; MALARIA
- Publication
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 2022, Vol 116, Issue 2, p187
- ISSN
0035-9203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/trstmh/trab095