Continuous exposure to Plasmodium results in decreased susceptibility and transcriptomic divergence of the Anopheles gambiae immune system
Open Access
- 5 December 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Genomics
- Vol. 8 (1) , 451
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-8-451
Abstract
Plasmodium infection has been shown to compromise the fitness of the mosquito vector, reducing its fecundity and longevity. However, from an evolutionary perspective, the impact of Plasmodium infection as a selective pressure on the mosquito is largely unknown.Keywords
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