Effect of the sickle cell trait status of gametocyte carriers of Plasmodium falciparum on infectivity to anophelines

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-113

  Robert, Vincent ^a,d   Tchuinkam, Timoleon ^a   Mulder, Bert ^a   Bodo, Jean Marie ^a   Verhave, Jan Peter ^b   Carnevale, Pierre ^a   Nagel, Ronald L ^c  

^a Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; GAMETOCYTE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; INSECTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0029863325     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.111     Document Type: Article

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