Melanization of Plasmodium falciparum and C-25 sephadex beads by field-caught Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) from Southern Tanzania

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 84-88

  Schwartz, Alex ^a   Koella, Jacob C ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Anoptielfs gambiae; Melanization; Plasmodium falciparum; Refractoriness

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

DEXTRAN; MELANIN; MICROSPHERE; SEPHADEX;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; FEMALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; MELANINS; MICROSPHERES; OOCYTES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TANZANIA;

EID: 0036360044     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.1.84     Document Type: Article

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