The clay feet of the malaria giant and its African roots: Hypotheses and inferences about origin, spread and control of Plasmodium falciparum

Parassitologia

Volumn 41, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 277-283

  Coluzzi, Mario ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Africa; Anopheles gambiae; Evolution; Funestus; Malaria control; Pathogenicity; Plasmodium falciparum; Transmissibility

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0033181710     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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