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Event: Symposium Malaria, maternal and infant health

Submitted by Events on May 17, 2012 - 19:30
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Organisation: AIGHD & AMC

Date: June 19th, 2012

Time: 12.30-17.00 hrs

Location: Academic Medical Center (AMC) Lecture Hall 5,    Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam

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Open Access | Comparative analyses reveal discrepancies among results of commonly used methods for Anopheles gambiae molecular form identification

Submitted by Kabogo on August 4, 2011 - 11:59
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Author(s): 
Santolamazza F, Caputo B, Calzetta M, Vicente JL, Mancini E, Petrarca V, Pinto J, della Torre A
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Malaria Journal 2011, 10:215 (2 August 2011)
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federica.santolamazza@uniroma1.it

Anopheles gambiae M and S molecular forms, the major malaria vectors in the Afro-tropical region, are ongoing a process of ecological diversification and adaptive lineage splitting, which is affecting malaria transmission and vector control strategies in West Africa.

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SNP genotyping defines complex gene-flow boundaries among african malaria vector mosquitoes

Submitted by Kabogo on October 27, 2010 - 13:09
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Author(s): 
DE Neafsey, MK Lawniczak,MA Muskavitch, et al.
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Science 22 October 2010: Vol. 330. no. 6003, pp. 514 – 517
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marc.muskavitch@bc.edu

Mosquitoes in the Anopheles gambiae complex show rapid ecological and behavioral diversification, traits that promote malaria transmission and complicate vector control efforts.

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Open Access | Further Evidence Supporting a Role for Gs Signal Transduction in Severe Malaria Pathogenesis

Submitted by Kabogo on April 8, 2010 - 12:56
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Sarah Auburn, Andrew E. Fry, Taane G. Clark, Susana Campino, Mahamadou Diakite, Angela Green, Anna Richardson, Muminatou Jallow, Fatou Sisay-Joof, Margaret Pinder, Malcolm E. Molyneux, Terrie E. Taylor, Kasturi Haldar, Kirk A. Rockett, Dominic P. Kwiatkowski
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PLoS ONE 5(4): e10017.
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Having previously demonstrated a role for the G-alpha-s gene, GNAS, in severe malaria disease, we sought to identify other important components of the Gs pathway.

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