Unravelling complexities in human malaria transmission dynamics in Africa through a comprehensive knowledge of vector populations

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 357-375

  Fontenille, Didier ^a   Simard, Frédéric ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

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

Author keywords

Africa; Anopheles; Malaria; Microsatellites; Polymerase chain reaction; Vector

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INOCULATION; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; URBAN AREA;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES MOUCHETI; ANOPHELES NILI;

EID: 3042690472     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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