Influence of age and previous diet of Anopheles gambiae on the infectivity of natural Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes from human volunteers

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-8

  Okech, Bernard A ^a,b,c   Gouagna, Louis C ^b   Kabiru, Ephantus W ^c   Beier, John C ^e   Yan, Guiyun ^d   Githure, John I ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

An. gambiae; Blood and sugar feeding; Malaria infectivty; Mosquito age; Oocysts; P. falciparum; Sporogony

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 8744230959     PISSN: 15362442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.004.3301     Document Type: Article

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