AUTHOR=Usui Miho , Williamson Kim C. TITLE=Stressed Out About Plasmodium falciparum Gametocytogenesis JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology VOLUME=11 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cellular-and-infection-microbiology/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2021.790067 DOI=10.3389/fcimb.2021.790067 ISSN=2235-2988 ABSTRACT=
Blocking malaria transmission is critical to malaria control programs but remains a major challenge especially in endemic regions with high levels of asymptomatic infections. New strategies targeting the transmissible sexual stages of the parasite, called gametocytes, are needed. This review focuses on