Human chitotriosidase helps Plasmodium falciparum in the Anopheles midgut

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 144-146

  Di Luca, M ^a   Romi, R ^a   Severini, F ^a   Toma, L ^a   Musumeci, M ^a   Fausto, A M ^a   Mazzini, M ^a   Gambellini, G ^a   Musumeci, Salvatore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chitotriosidase; Malaria; Peritrophic matrix; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHITOTRIOSIDASE; CITRIC ACID; COPPER; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; LEAD; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; URANYL ACETATE;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL STRUCTURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; FEMALE; HEXOSAMINIDASES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 33749504415     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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