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Inoculating Anopheles gambiae Mosquitoes with Beads to Induce and Measure the Melanization Immune Response
Published on: January 12, 2017
[Innate immune defense in anopheline mosquitoes against plasmodium infection]
1Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xinqiao Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400037, China.
Abstract:
On the basis of the research on interaction between plasmodium and mosquito vector, the mechanism of innate immune defense responses in anopheline mosquitoes against plasmodium infection has been studied. The innate immune defense may be applied to confine and kill malaria parasites under migration and development, to an effective control strategy on malaria vectors.
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