Malaria in the mosquito [electronic resource] / Peter Billingsley.
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FilmSeries: Henry Stewart talksBiomedical & life sciences collection. Vector-borne diseases: Publisher: London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2011Description: 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (51 min.) : color, sound)Subject(s): Antimalarials | Malaria | Mosquitoes | Antimalarials | Malaria -- prevention & control | PlasmodiumOnline resources: Click here to access online | Series Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration.
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Contents: Malaria: one of the world's foremost killers -- Malaria in the mosquito -- The mosquito midgut -- Exflagellation -- Ookinetes -- Antibodies block transmission to mosquito -- CTRP KO results in loss of infectivity to mosquito -- The time bomb theory of ookinete invasion -- Oocysts -- Interactions between Plasmodium and mosquito midgut -- Insect immunity -- Sporozoites -- A sporozoite based malaria vaccine -- Dynamics of Malaria in the mosquito.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.