Anopheles and Plasmodium: From laboratory models to natural systems in the field

EMBO Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1285-1289

  Cohuet, Anna ^a   Osta, Mike A ^b   Morlais, Isabelle ^c   Awono Ambene, Parfait H ^c   Michel, Kristin ^b   Simard, Frederic ^c   Christophides, George K ^b   Fontenille, Didier ^a   Kafatos, Fotis C ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Paludisme Yaounde   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTESUNATE; C TYPE LECTIN 4; CTL MANNOSE BINDING 2; GENE PRODUCT; LECTIN; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT IMMUNE PROTEIN 1; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CULICIDAE; DISEASE VECTORS; GENE SILENCING; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 33751511947     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400831     Document Type: Article

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