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Open Access | Hydric stress-dependent effects of Plasmodium falciparum infection on the survival of wild-caught Anopheles gambiae female mosquitoes

Submitted by Kabogo on August 31, 2010 - 13:23
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Aboagye-Antwi F, Guindo A, Traore AS, Hurd H, Coulibaly M, Traore S, Tripet F
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Malaria Journal 2010, 9:243 (26 August 2010)
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Because these results suggest that infected mosquitoes may incur fitness costs under natural-like conditions, they are particularly relevant to vector control strategies aiming at boosting naturally occurring refractoriness or spreading natural or foreign genes for refractoriness using genetic drive systems in vector populations.

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