Modulating malaria with wolbachia

Nature Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 974-975

  Killeen, Gerry F ^a,b   Thomas, Matthew B ^c   Greenwood, Brian ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VIRUS REPLICATION; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VIRUS REPLICATION; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84886737569     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm.3298     Document Type: Article

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