Controlling malaria transmission with genetically-engineered, Plasmodium-resistant mosquitoes: Milestones in a model system

Parassitologia

Volumn 41, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 461-471

  James, A A ^a   Beerntsen, B T ^a   De Lara Capurro, M ^a   Coates, C J ^b   Coleman, J ^a   Jasinskiene, N ^a   Krettli, A U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Genetic control; Malaria; Mosquito; Plasmodium gallinaceum

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AEDES; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; REVIEW; TRANSGENE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHICKENS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0033182866     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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