Malaria parasites enhance blood-feeding of their naturally infected vector Anopheles punctulatus

Parasitology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-107

  Koella, J C ^a   Packer, M J ^b,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anopheles punctulatus; biting rate; blood feeding; malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANOPHELES PUNCTULATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0029817943     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000066348     Document Type: Article

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