The remarkable journey of adaptation of the Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite to New World anopheline mosquitoes

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 662-667

  Molina Cruz, Alvaro ^a   Barillas Mury, Carolina ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Americas; Anopheles; Malaria; Mosquito; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PFS47 PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; INSECT VECTORS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 84906765902     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276130553     Document Type: Article

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