Effect of gametocyte sex ratio on infectivity of Plasmodium falciparum to Anopheles gambiae

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 621-624

  Robert, V ^a,e   Read, A F ^b   Essong, J ^a   Tchuinkam, T ^a,c   Mulder, B ^a,d   Verhave, J P ^d   Carnevale, P ^a  

^a Inst Francais Rech Sci pour le D   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Gametocyte sex ratio; Infectivity to anophelines; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0030477928     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90408-3     Document Type: Article

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