Naturally Occurring Mixed Infection of Plasmodium vivax VK210 and P. vivax VK247 in Anopheles Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Western Thailand

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 556-559

  Coleman, Russell E ^a   Sithiprasasna, Ratana ^a   Kankaew, Prasan ^a   Kiattibut, Chukree ^a   Ratanawong, Suda ^a   Khuntirat, Benjawan ^a   Sattabongkot, Jetsumon ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Co infection; Phenotype VK210; Phenotype VL247; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES BARBIROSTRIS; ANOPHELES MACULATUS; ANOPHELES MINIMUS; ANOPHELES SAWADWONGPORNI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN, PROTOZOAN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; THAILAND;

EID: 0036582381     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.3.556     Document Type: Article

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