Plasmodium falciparum: Stage-specific ribosomal RNA as a potential target for monitoring parasite development in Anopheles stephensi

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 32-38

  Li, Jun ^a   Wirtz, Robert A ^b   Schneider, Imogene ^b   Muratova, Olga V ^c   McCutchan, Thomas F ^d   Appiah, Angela ^c   Hollingdale, Michael R ^c  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Biomedical Research Institute   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles stephensi; Circumsporozoite (CS); Hybridization; Malaria; Mosquito; Plasmodium falciparum; Red blood cells (RBC); Ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA); rRNA probe; Small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSUrRNA); Standard saline citrate (SSC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0027256109     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1993.1004     Document Type: Article

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