Resistance of early midgut stages of natural Plasmodium falciparum parasites to high temperatures in experimentally infected Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 764-768

  Okech, Bernard A ^a,b,c   Gouagna, Louis C ^a   Kabiru, Ephantus W ^a,c   Walczak, Elizabeth ^a   Beier, John C ^a,e   Yan, Guiyun ^a,d   Githure, John I ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITOLOGY; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; FEEDING; GAMETOCYTE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MALARIA; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 4344559474     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-135R1     Document Type: Article

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