Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes their longevity and infectivity

Parasitology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1977, Pages 1-8

  Sinden, R E ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ARTHROPOD; DIAGNOSIS; GAMETOCYTE; IMMUNITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; MOSQUITO; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ANTIBODIES; BLOOD; CHLOROQUINE; HUMAN; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0017352177     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000047478     Document Type: Article

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