Influence of chemotherapy on the Plasmodium gametocyte sex ratio of mice and humans

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 739-744

  Talman, Arthur M ^a,b   Paul, Richard E L ^c   Sokhna, Cheikh S ^d   Domarle, Olivier ^a   Ariey, Frédéric ^a   Trape, Jean François ^d   Robert, Vincent ^a,d  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VINCKEI; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO;

INSECTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VINCKEI; PLASMODIUM VINCKEI PETTERI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11344268375     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.739     Document Type: Article

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