Invasion of mosquito salivary glands by malaria parasites: Prerequisites and defense strategies

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1229-1235

  Mueller, Ann Kristin ^b   Kohlhepp, Florian ^b   Hammerschmidt, Christiane ^b   Michel, Kristin ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Malaria; Parasite vector interactions; Plasmodium; Vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

APICAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN 1; CARBOHYDRATE; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN; HEPARAN SULFATE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; THROMBOSPONDIN RELATED ANONYMOUS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPREGULATED IN OOCYSTS SPOROZOITES PROTEIN 3;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PARASITE; PATHOGEN; SALIVA;

ARTHROPOD; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEMOSTASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALARIA; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; SALIVARY GLANDS;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 77954763120     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.05.005     Document Type: Review

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