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Population genetic structure of the malaria vector Anopheles nili in sub-Saharan AfricaCyrille Ndo
Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Paludisme, Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte Contre les Endemies en Afrique Centrale, PO Box 288, Yaounde, Cameroon
Malar J 9:161. 2010..Understanding An. nili population structure and gene flow patterns could be useful for the development of locally-adapted vector control measures...
Concentration and purification by magnetic separation of the erythrocytic stages of all human Plasmodium speciesClotilde Ribaut
Universite de Toulouse, Laboratoire Pharmacochimie des Substances Naturelles et Pharmacophores Redox, UMR 152 IRD Université, Universite Paul Sabatier, Faculte de Pharmacie, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Malar J 7:45. 2008..This method is particularly useful for the concentration of non-falciparum species, which do not grow in culture and are otherwise difficult to obtain in large amounts...
SNP discovery and molecular evolution in Anopheles gambiae, with special emphasis on innate immune systemAnna Cohuet
Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, UR 016, BP 64501, 911 Avenue Agropolis, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
BMC Genomics 9:227. 2008..The discovery of polymorphisms is an essential step towards association studies of susceptibility to infection...
Molecular characterization and evolution of a gene family encoding male-specific reproductive proteins in the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiaeEmiliano Mancini
Istituto Pasteur Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Malattie Infettive, Sapienza Universita di Roma, Rome, Italy
BMC Evol Biol 11:292. 2011..These encode MAG-specific proteins which, based on homology with Drosophila, have been hypothesized to play a role in sperm viability and function...
Population structure of Anopheles arabiensis on La Réunion island, Indian OceanIsabelle Morlais
Institut de recherche pour le developpement IRD, Yaounde, Cameroon
Am J Trop Med Hyg 73:1077-82. 2005..This strong structuring situation on the island represents an ideal framework for the prospect of genetic-based control trials...
Polymorphism of intron-1 in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene of Anopheles gambiae s.s. populations from Cameroon with emphasis on insecticide knockdown resistance mutationsJosiane Etang
Organisation de Coordination Pour Lutte Contre Endémies en Afrique Centrale, PO Box 288, Yaounde, Cameroon
Mol Ecol 18:3076-86. 2009....
Cryptic genetic diversity within the Anopheles nili group of malaria vectors in the equatorial forest area of Cameroon (Central Africa)Cyrille Ndo
Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Paludisme, Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte Contre les Endemies en Afrique Centrale, Yaounde, Cameroon
PLoS ONE 8:e58862. 2013....
Low linkage disequilibrium in wild Anopheles gambiae s.l. populationsCaroline Harris
Laboratoire de Lutte contre les Insectes Nuisibles, Unité de Recherche 016 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, BP 64501, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
BMC Genet 11:81. 2010..Here, we aim to determine LD in wild An. gambiae s.l. populations in 4 genes potentially involved in mosquito immune responses against pathogens (Gambicin, NOS, REL2 and FBN9) using previously published and newly generated sequences...
Intraspecific nucleotide variation in Anopheles gambiae: new insights into the biology of malaria vectorsIsabelle Morlais
Laboratoire de Lutte contre les Insectes Nuisibles, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, Montpellier, France
Am J Trop Med Hyg 71:795-802. 2004..Our results show that SNP-based studies will be valuable in identifying the sequence variation associated with phenotypic traits shaping vector competence...
Genetic clonality of Plasmodium falciparum affects the outcome of infection in Anopheles gambiaeSandrine E Nsango
Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Paludisme, Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte Contre les Endemies en Afrique Centrale, BP 288, Yaounde, Cameroon
Int J Parasitol 42:589-95. 2012..Our results point to the parasites genetic complexity as a potentially crucial component of mosquito-parasite interactions...
First report of knockdown mutations in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae from CameroonJosiane Etang
, Yaounde, Cameroon
Am J Trop Med Hyg 74:795-7. 2006..The Leu-Phe mutation was found in both the M and S molecular forms of An. gambiae. Importantly, two specimens of the S molecular form were found to carry both mutations in a heterozygous state...
Conserved mosquito/parasite interactions affect development of Plasmodium falciparum in AfricaAntonio M Mendes
Imperial College London, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom
PLoS Pathog 4:e1000069. 2008..falciparum field isolates have been established by direct experimentation. Importantly, they validate for semi-field human malaria transmission the concept of parasite antagonists and agonists...
Effect of infection by Plasmodium falciparum on the melanization immune response of Anopheles gambiaeLouis Lambrechts
Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
Am J Trop Med Hyg 76:475-80. 2007..falciparum relies on immune evasion rather than immuno-suppression to avoid being melanized and confirms that natural malaria transmission systems differ from laboratory models of mosquito-Plasmodium interactions...
Increased melanizing activity in Anopheles gambiae does not affect development of Plasmodium falciparumKristin Michel
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Section of Infection and Immunity, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:16858-63. 2006..falciparum. This study suggests immune evasion strategies of the human malaria parasite and emphasizes the need to study mosquito innate immune responses toward the pathogens they transmit in natural vector-parasite combinations...
