Anopheles gambiae pathogen susceptibility: The intersection of genetics, immunity and ecology

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 285-291

  Mitri, Christian ^a   Vernick, Kenneth D ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DROSOPHILA; ECOLOGY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; FUNGUS; GENE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECT RESISTANCE; LARVA; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BEAUVERIA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; METARHIZIUM; PLASMODIUM;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTHROPODA; FUNGI;

EID: 84864027333     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2012.04.001     Document Type: Review

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