Different Effects of Modulation of Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) Trypsin Activity on the Infectivity of Two Human Malaria (Hemosporidia: Plasmodidae) Parasites

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 777-782

  Ramasamy, Manthri S ^a   Kulasekera, Ranjith ^a   Srikrishnaraj, K Alagaratnam ^a   Ramasamy, Ranjan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Anopheles tessellatus; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Trypsin; Trypsin inhibitors

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES TESSELLATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; GLYCINE MAX; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

CHYMOTRYPSIN; LEUPEPTIN; TRYPSIN; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHYMOTRYPSIN; HUMANS; LEUPEPTINS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RABBITS; TRYPSIN; TRYPSIN INHIBITORS;

EID: 0030238995     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.5.777     Document Type: Article

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