Genetic control of malaria parasite transmission: Threshold levels for infection in an avian model system

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1072-1078

  Jasinskiene, Nijole ^a   Coleman, Judy ^a   Ashikyan, Aurora ^a   Salampessy, Michael ^a   Marinotti, Osvaldo ^a   James, Anthony A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN; SINGLE CHAIN FRAGMENT VARIABLE ANTIBODY; CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN, PROTOZOAN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FOWL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MODEL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; PROTEIN BINDING; SALIVARY GLAND; SPOROZOITE; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; VERTEBRATE; AEDES; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES (GENUS); AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; VERTEBRATA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, AVIAN; MALE; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SALIVARY GLANDS;

EID: 34548037251     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.76.1072     Document Type: Article

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