The early sporogonic cycle of Plasmodium falciparum in laboratory- infected Anopheles gambiae: An estimation of parasite efficacy

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-28

  Gouagna, Louis Clément ^a,c   Mulder, Bert ^a,c   Noubissi, Elisabeth ^a,c   Tchuinkam, Timoléon ^a,c   Verhave, Jan Peter ^d   Boudin, Christian ^a,b,e  

^a Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endemies en Afrique Centrale Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^b LAF 302   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Immunofluorescence; Pfs25; Plasmodium falciparum; Sporogonic cycle

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; FEEDING; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0031913763     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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