Malaria, mosquitoes and the legacy of Ronald Ross

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 894-896

  Sinden, Robert E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OOCYST; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CULICIDAE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 36049019612     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.04.020735     Document Type: Note

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