A major genetic locus controlling natural Plasmodium falciparum infection is shared by East and West African Anopheles gambiae

Malaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Riehle, Michelle M ^a   Markianos, Kyriacos ^b   Lambrechts, Louis ^c   Xia, Ai ^d   Sharakhov, Igor ^d   Koella, Jacob C ^e   Vernick, Kenneth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; AFRICA; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GENE; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GENOME, INSECT; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 34547621933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-87     Document Type: Article

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