Interrupting malaria transmission by genetic manipulation of anopheline mosquitoes

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 73-77

  Jacobs Lorena, Marcelo ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ line transformation; Malaria vector; Mosquito; Phospholipase A2; SM1 tetramer; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROTEIN SM1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MIDGUT; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PLASMODIUM; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PLASMODIUM; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 1842575601     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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