Conserved Mosquito/Parasite Interactions Affect Development of Plasmodium falciparum in Africa

Antonio M. Mendes; Timm Schlegelmilch; Anna Cohuet; Parfait Awono-Ambene; Maria De Iorio; Didier Fontenille; Isabelle Morlais; George K. Christophides; Fotis C. Kafatos; Dina Vlachou

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000069

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Conserved Mosquito/Parasite Interactions Affect Development of Plasmodium falciparum in Africa

Antonio M. Mendes ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Antonio M. Mendes, Timm Schlegelmilch

Affiliation Imperial College London, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom
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Timm Schlegelmilch ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Antonio M. Mendes, Timm Schlegelmilch

Affiliation Imperial College London, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom
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Anna Cohuet,

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - Laboratoire de Lutte contre les Insectes Nuisibles, UR 016, BP 64501, Montpellier, France
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Parfait Awono-Ambene,

Affiliation Organisation de Coordination de la lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale, Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Paludisme, BP 288, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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Maria De Iorio,

Affiliation Imperial College London, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, St Mary's Campus, London, United Kingdom
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Didier Fontenille,

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - Laboratoire de Lutte contre les Insectes Nuisibles, UR 016, BP 64501, Montpellier, France
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Isabelle Morlais,

Affiliation Organisation de Coordination de la lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale, Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Paludisme, BP 288, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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George K. Christophides,

Affiliation Imperial College London, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom
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Fotis C. Kafatos ,

* E-mail: f.kafatos@imperial.ac.uk (FCK); d.vlachou@imperial.ac.uk (DV)

Affiliation Imperial College London, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom
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Dina Vlachou

* E-mail: f.kafatos@imperial.ac.uk (FCK); d.vlachou@imperial.ac.uk (DV)

Affiliation Imperial College London, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom
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Conserved Mosquito/Parasite Interactions Affect Development of Plasmodium falciparum in Africa

Antonio M. Mendes,
Timm Schlegelmilch,
Anna Cohuet,
Parfait Awono-Ambene,
Maria De Iorio,
Didier Fontenille,
Isabelle Morlais,
George K. Christophides,
Fotis C. Kafatos,
Dina Vlachou

Published: May 16, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000069

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