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Engineered Anopheles Immunity to Plasmodium Infection

A causative agent of human malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, is transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes. The malaria parasite is under intensive attack from the mosquito's innate immune system during its sporogonic development. We have used genetic engineering to create immune-enhanced Anopheles step...

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Autores principales: Dong, Yuemei, Das, Suchismita, Cirimotich, Chris, Souza-Neto, Jayme A., McLean, Kyle J., Dimopoulos, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3245315/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22216006
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002458