The search for novel malaria transmission-blocking targets in the mosquito midgut

Parasitology Today

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 493-497

  Shahabuddin, Mohammed ^a   Cociancich, Stéphane ^a   Zieler, Helge ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MIDGUT; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0032421609     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(98)01348-9     Document Type: Review

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