Mosquito vectors and the spread of cancer: an overlooked connection?

Parasitology Research

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2131-2137

  Benelli, Giovanni ^a   Lo Iacono, Annalisa ^b   Canale, Angelo ^a   Mehlhorn, Heinz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aedes; Anopheles; Arbovirus; Artesunate; Dengue; Epstein Barr virus; Malaria; Nanosynthesis; Tumor biology; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANOPHELES; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER MORTALITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL INFILTRATION; DENGUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; LIVER CANCER; MACROPHAGE; MALARIA; METABOLISM; MOSQUITO; MOSQUITO BITE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOSARCOMA; REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FEVER; ZIKA FEVER; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MOSQUITO VECTOR; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MOSQUITO VECTORS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84962759870     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-016-5037-y     Document Type: Review

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