| Literature DB >> 13784726 |
Abstract
Anopheles hackeri, a mosquito commonly found breeding in nipa palm leaf bases along the Malayan coast, was demonstrated to be infected with Plasmodium knowlesi by the inoculation of sporozoites into an uninfected rhesus monkey. This was the first demonstration of a natural vector of any monkey malaria.Entities:
Keywords: ANOPHELES; MALARIA/transmission; MONKEYS/diseases
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Year: 1961 PMID: 13784726 DOI: 10.1126/science.134.3474.279
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728