A possible mechanism for the suppression of Plasmodium berghei development in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae by the Microsporidian Vavraia culicis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Bargielowski, Irka ^a   Koella, Jacob C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LARVA; MELANOGENESIS; MICROSPORA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; VAVRAIA CULICIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; MICROSPORIDIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM PARASITES; VAVRAIA CULICIS;

MELANIN; MICROSPHERE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MELANINS; MICROSPHERES; MICROSPORIDIA; OOCYSTS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 62849114202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004676     Document Type: Article

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