From Tucson to genomics and transgenics: The vector biology network and the emergence of modern vector biology

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Beaty, Barry J ^a   Prager, Denis J ^b   James, Anthony A ^c   Jacobs Lorena, Marcelo ^d   Miller, Louis H ^e   Law, John H ^f,g   Collins, Frank H ^a   Kafatos, Fotis C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Strategic Consulting Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; GENOMICS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALARIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSGENICS; TROPICAL DISEASE; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; GENETICS; HISTORY; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; MOSQUITO; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ARIZONA; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; CULICIDAE; DENGUE; GENOMICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MALARIA; PARASITIC DISEASES;

EID: 65549166794     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000343     Document Type: Article

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