<it>Anopheles </it>mortality is both age- and <it>Plasmodium</it>-density dependent: implications for malaria transmission

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>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 parasi...

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Main Authors: Sinden Robert E, Zhuang Shijie, Churcher Thomas S, Dawes Emma J, Basáñez María-Gloria
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado: BMC 2009-10-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Acceso en liña:http://www.malariajournal.com/content/8/1/228