Mosquito-Plasmodium interactions in response to immune activation of the vector

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-69

  Lowenberger, Carl A ^a   Kamal, Sofie ^a   Chiles, Jody ^a   Paskewitz, Susan ^a   Bulet, Philippe ^b   Hoffmann, Jules A ^b   Christensen, Bruce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Anopheles gambiae; Culicidae; Defensin, malaria; Diptera; Insect immunity; Liverpool; Mosquito; Plasmodium berghei; Plasmodium gallinaceum; Refractoriness; Vector competence

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOLYMPH; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; PLASMODIUM SP.; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032790518     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1999.4350     Document Type: Article

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