The chemotactic effect of Phlebotomus duboscqi (diptera: psychodidae) salivary gland lysates to murine monocytes

Acta Tropica

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 97-100

  Anjili, C O ^a   Mbati, P A ^a   Mwangi, R W ^c   Githure, J I ^a   Olobo, J O ^b   Robert, L L ^a,d   Koech, D K ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d Walter Reed Project   (Kenya)

Author keywords

BALB c; Chemotaxis; Monocyte; Phlebotomus duboscqi; Salivary gland lysate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; SALIVARY GLAND;

ANIMAL; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MONOCYTES; PSYCHODIDAE; SALIVARY GLANDS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MURINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS DUBOSCQI; PSYCHODIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0028829450     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-706X(95)00112-R     Document Type: Article

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