Malaria parasites prepare for flight

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 551-553

  Reece, Sarah E ^a   Mideo, Nicole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive plasticity; Behavioural modulation; Recrudescence; Seasonal transmission; Trade off

Indexed keywords

AVIAN MALARIA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GAMETOCYTE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PLASTICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORT SURVEY; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEX RATIO; TRANSMISSION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM; SEASONS; SEX RATIO;

EID: 84922802103     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2014.10.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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