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Infection of mosquitoes with rodent malaria

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The Molecular Biology of Insect Disease Vectors

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The purpose of this introduction is to describe in outline only the salient aspects of the biology of Plasmodium and the mosquito vector that are required to understand the rationale of the protocols given. For a more detailed analysis the reader is directed to the comprehensive works on the subject published by Shute and Maryon (1966), Vanderberg and Gwadz (1980), Sinden (1984) and Carter and Graves (1988). An in-depth review of the complex factors regulating the transmission of Plasmodium to the mosquito (Sinden et al., 1996) may also be useful.

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  1. Robert E. Sinden
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  1. Division of Molecular Biology and Immunology, Wolfson Unit of Molecular Genetics, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK

    Julian M. Crampton

  2. Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mail Stop F-22, 4770 Buford Hwy, Atlanta, GA, 30341-3724, USA

    C. Ben Beard

  3. Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology, Hellas and Department of Biology, University of Crete, GR-711 10, Heraklion, Greece

    Christos Louis

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Sinden, R.E. (1997). Infection of mosquitoes with rodent malaria . In: Crampton, J.M., Beard, C.B., Louis, C. (eds) The Molecular Biology of Insect Disease Vectors. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1535-0_7

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