Ookinete destruction within the mosquito midgut lumen explains Anopheles albimanus refractoriness to Plasmodium falciparum (3D7A) oocyst infection

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 249-258

  Baton, Luke A ^a   Ranford Cartwright, Lisa C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bloodmeal; Malaria; Midgut; Mosquito; Oocyst; Ookinete; Parasite vector interaction; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

CLONE; DISEASE VECTOR; HEMOPHAGY; HISTOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFECTIVITY; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES ALBIMANUS; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; BLOOD FEEDING; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; FEEDING; GAMETOCYTE; GIEMSA STAIN; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; MIDGUT; MIDGUT EPITHELIUM; MOSQUITO MIDGUT LUMEN; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SPECIES COMPARISON; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CELL SURVIVAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; OOCYSTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANOPHELES ALBIMANUS; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84858294142     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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