Sporozoite loads of naturally infected Anopheles in Kilifi district, Kenya

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 259-262

  Kabiru, Ephantus W ^a   Mbogo, Charles M ^b,c   Muiruri, Samuel K ^a   Ouma, John H ^a   Githure, John I ^b   Beier, John C ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c Kilifi Research Unit   (Kenya)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN, PROTOZOAN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; KENYA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 0031217926     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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