Biological problems with the replacement of a vector population by Plasmodium-refractory mosquitoes

Parassitologia

Volumn 41, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 479-481

  Curtis, C F ^a   Pates, H V ^a,b   Takken, W ^b   Maxwell, C A ^a,c   Myamba, J ^c   Priestman, A ^d   Akinpelu, O ^a   Yayo, A M ^a   Hu, Jiang Ting ^e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Ubwari Field Station   (Tanzania)

^d STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

An gambiae complex; An. Funestus; An. Marshallii s.l; Genetic control; Zoophily

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOPHELES; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INSECT VECTORS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033182661     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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