Evaluation of procedures to determine absolute density of Plasmodium vivax ookinetes

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 453-457

  Zollner, Gabriela E ^a   Ponsa, Narong ^a   Coleman, Russell E ^a   Sattabongkot, Jetsumon ^a   Vaughan, Jefferson A ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

PARASITOLOGY;

ACCURACY; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES DIRUS; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; DENSITY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EVALUATION; GAMETOCYTE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; OOKINETE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; TECHNIQUE; THAILAND; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; AZURE STAINS; CELL COUNT; COLORING AGENTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

ANOPHELES DIRUS; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 19944410151     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-391R     Document Type: Article

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