How does Anopheles gambiae kill malaria parasites?

Parassitologia

Volumn 41, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 169-175

  Dimopoulos, G ^a   Muller H M ^a   Kafatos, F C ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Innate immunity; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIFE CYCLE; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INSECT VECTORS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM;

EID: 0033181891     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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