The effect of anticoagulants in blood collection tubes on Plasmodium falciparum transmission in direct membrane feeding assays.

Wouter GraumansKjerstin LankeGeert-Jan van GemertManon AlkemaMarga van de Vegte-BolmerTeun BousemaKatharine A Collins

Published in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2021)

Although anticoagulants can reduce transmission efficiency, lithium heparin and sodium heparin are the best anticoagulants for evaluating malaria transmission.

Keyphrases

plasmodium falciparum
venous thromboembolism
growth factor
high throughput