Filarial worms reduce Plasmodium infectivity in mosquitoes.

Co-occurrence of malaria and filarial worm parasites has been reported, but little is known about the interaction between filarial worm and malaria parasites with the same Anopheles vector. Herein, we present data evaluating the interaction between Wuchereria bancrofti and Anopheles punctulatus in P...

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Main Authors: Matthew T Aliota, Cheng-Chen Chen, Henry Dagoro, Jeremy F Fuchs, Bruce M Christensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-02-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3035669?pdf=render