Susceptibility of Anopheles quadriannulatus theobald (Diptera: Culicidae) to Plasmodium falciparum

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 578-580

  Takken, Willem ^a   Eling, Wijnand ^b   Hooghof, Jo ^b   Dekker, Teun ^a,c   Hunt, Richard ^d   Coetzee, Maureen ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anopheles quadriannulatus; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING; GAMETOCYTE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; OOCYST; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SALIVARY GLAND; SPOROZOITE; TIME;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES QUADRIANNULATUS; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; BOS TAURUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033402096     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90054-8     Document Type: Article

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