The Plasmodium bottleneck: malaria parasite losses in the mosquito vector
Nearly one million people are killed every year by the malaria parasite Plasmodium. Although the disease-causing forms of the parasite exist only in the human blood, mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles are the obligate vector for transmission. Here, we review the parasite life cycle in the vector and...
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Language: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2014-08-01
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Series: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762014000500644&lng=en&tlng=en |