Density-dependent impact of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte sex ratio on mosquito infection rates

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1673, 2009, Pages 3721-3726

  Mitri, C ^a   Thiery, I ^a   Bourgouin, C ^a   Paul, R E L ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Gametocyte sex ratio; Plasmodium falciparum; Transmission success

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BLOOD; COLONIZATION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITIC DISEASE; SELECTION; SEX RATIO; VACCINE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FERTILIZATION; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MOSQUITO; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70350247655     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0962     Document Type: Article

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