Transmission blocking immunity in the malaria non-vector mosquito Anopheles quadriannulatus species A

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Habtewold, Tibebu ^a   Povelones, Michael ^a   Blagborough, Andrew M ^a   Christophides, George K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEIN LRIM1; PROTEIN LRIM2; PROTEIN TEP1; THIOESTER; CARRIER PROTEIN; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT PROTEINS; LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT PROTEINS; PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES QUADRIANNULATUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HERITABILITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES QUADRIANNULATUS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CARRIER PROTEINS; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INSECT PROTEINS; MALARIA; MICE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEINS;

EID: 44949217507     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000070     Document Type: Article

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