Lack of molecular correlates of Plasmodium vivax ookinete development

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-213

  Bounkeua, Viengngeun ^a   Li, Fengwu ^a   Chuquiyauri, Raul ^a,b   Abeles, Shira R ^a   McClean, Colleen M ^a   Neyra, Victor ^b   Llanos Cuentas, Alejandro ^b   Yori, Pablo P ^c   Vinetz, Joseph M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XANTHURENIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MATURITY; NONHUMAN; OOKINETE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; ZYGOTE;

ANTIMALARIALS; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 80051478186     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0729     Document Type: Article

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