Clonal diversity of a malaria parasite, Plasmodium mexicanum, and its transmission success from its vertebrate-to-insect host

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1573-1579

  Vardo Zalik, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenecks; Clonal diversity; Malaria; Plasmodium mexicanum; Transmission

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CLONE; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE VECTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIZARD; PARASITE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIZARD; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM MEXICANUM; PSYCHODIDAE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIZARDS; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; PSYCHODIDAE;

HEXAPODA; LUTZOMYIA STEWARTI; LUTZOMYIA VEXATOR; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PLASMODIUM MEXICANUM; SCELOPORUS OCCIDENTALIS; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349777414     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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