Table 1. Eligibility criteria.
Inclusion criteria |
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Generally healthy male or female aged 18 to 60 years old as
assessed by a medical doctor |
Thai, Burmese or Karen ethnicity |
Living in Mae Sot city for the last 12 months |
Able to tolerate direct mosquito exposure |
Exclusion criteria |
History of travel in a rural area (
i.e., where participant may be
exposed Anopheles bites) in the last 12 months, or plan to do so during the study |
Medication or condition deemed to interfere with the outcome
measure or increase the risk of an adverse reaction to the study procedures (hypersensitivity to mosquito bites, atopy, systemic mastocytosis, immunodeficiencies, Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferative disease, and longue-course oral treatment with a steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) |
Moderate and severe anaemia (haemoglobin concentration less
than 110 g/L of blood) |
Pregnancy |
Breastfeeding |