Malaria vectors: From the field to genetics. Research in Africa;Vecteurs de paludisme: Du terrain à la génétique moléculaire. Recherches en Afrique

Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-290

  Fontenille, D ^a   Cohuet, A ^a   Awono Ambene, P ^b,c   Kengne, P ^a   Antonio Nkondjio, C ^a,b   Wondji, C ^a,b   Simard, F ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endemies en Afrique Centrale Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^c Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies Yaounde   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Malaria; Molecular biology; Vector

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; MALARIA VACCINE;

AFRICA; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES MOUCHETI; ANOPHELES NILI; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; DISEASE CARRIER; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PARACENTRIC CHROMOSOME INVERSION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 22944431819     PISSN: 03987620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0398-7620(05)84605-x     Document Type: Review

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