Luciferase-Based, High-Throughput Assay for Screening and Profiling Transmission-Blocking Compounds against Plasmodium falciparum Gametocytes.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on March 25, 2016

Authors

Leonardo Lucantoni1, David A Fidock2, Vicky M Avery3

Author Affiliations

1: Discovery Biology, Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia.
2: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA.
3: Discovery Biology, Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia v.avery@griffith.edu.au.

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