Plasmodium falciparum GPI toxin: A common foe for man and mosquito

Acta Tropica

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 162-165

  Arrighi, Romanico B G ^a   Faye, Ingrid ^b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; GPI; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL;

ANTIGEN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIPID; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN;

DRUG MECHANISM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ENDOTOXINS; FERTILITY; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 77950024991     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.06.003     Document Type: Review

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