Comparative susceptibility of different members of the Anopheles culicifacies complex to Plasmodium vivax

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 573-577

  Adak, T ^a   Kaur, Sarbjit ^a   Singh, O P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anopheles culicifacies species complex; Comparative susceptibility; Malaria; Plasmodium vivax; Vector competence

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; OOCYST; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SALIVARY GLAND; SPECIES; SPOROZOITE;

ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033397068     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90052-4     Document Type: Article

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