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. 2023 Jul 11;8:135. Originally published 2023 Mar 23. [Version 2] doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19049.2

Table 1. Eligibility criteria.

Inclusion criteria
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