Seroprevalence of Antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum Sporozoite Antigens as Predictive Disease Transmission Markers in an Area of Ghana with Seasonal Malaria Transmission.
Kwadwo Asamoah KusiSamuel BosomprahEric Kyei-BaafourEmmanuel K DicksonBernard TornyigahEvelina AngovSheetij DuttaDaniel DodooMartha SedegahKwadwo A KoramPublished in: PloS one (2016)
The data confirms the potential utility of sporozoite-specific antigens as useful markers for monitoring short term/seasonal changes in malaria transmission. It may however be essential to update models to allow for assessment of seasonal changes in malaria transmission, which usually occur within four to six months.