Plasmodium gallinaceum: A novel morphology of malaria ookinetes in the midgut of the mosquito vector

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 362-366

  Vernick, Kenneth D ^a   Fujioka, Hisashi ^b   Aikawa, Masamichi ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aedes; Anopheles; Insect vectors; Malaria; Mosquito; Ookinete

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; MIDGUT; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032812782     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1998.4388     Document Type: Article

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