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Genetic loci affecting resistance to human malaria parasites in a West African mosquito vector population.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 4 Oct 2002
Niaré Oumou, Markianos Kyriacos, Volz Jennifer, Oduol Frederick, Touré Abdoulaye, Bagayoko Magaran, Sangaré Djibril, Traoré Sekou F, Wang Rui, Blass Claudia, Dolo Guimogo, Bouaré Madama, Kafatos Fotis C, Kruglyak Leonid, Touré Yeya T, Vernick Kenneth D
Abstract excerpt
Successful propagation of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum within a susceptible mosquito vector is a prerequisite for the transmission of malaria. A field-based genetic analysis of the major human malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae, has revealed natural factors that reduce the transmission of P. falciparum. Differences in P. falciparum oocyst numbers between mosquito isofemale families fed on the same...
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