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Anopheles mortality is both age- and Plasmodium-density dependent: implications for malaria transmission

BACKGROUND: Daily mortality is an important determinant of a vector's ability to transmit pathogens. Original simplifying assumptions in malaria transmission models presume vector mortality is independent of age, infection status and parasite load. Previous studies illustrate conflicting eviden...

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Autores principales: Dawes, Emma J, Churcher, Thomas S, Zhuang, Shijie, Sinden, Robert E, Basáñez, María-Gloria
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2770541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19822012
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-8-228