Confirmation that Plasmodium falciparum has aperiodic infectivity to Anopheles gambiae

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 373-376

  GITHEKO, A K ^a   BRANDLING BENNETT A D ^b,c   BEIER, M ^b,d   MBOGO, C M ^a   ATIELI, F K ^a   OWAGA, M L ^a   JUMA, F ^a   COLLINS, F H ^e  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b Clinical Research Centre   (Kenya)

^c PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; aperiodicity; blood feeding; gametocytes; infectivity; Kenya; malaria vectors; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; BLOOD; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0027675185     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1993.tb00708.x     Document Type: Article

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