Western blot analysis of tick antigens from a Rhipicephalus sanguineus unfed larval extract and identification of antigenic sites in tick sections using immunohistochemistry. A comparative study between resistant and susceptible host species

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 161-174

  Ferreira, B R ^a   Machado, R Z ^a   Bechara, G H ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crab eating fox; Dog; Guinea pig; Immunization Arthropoda; Immunohistochemistry; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Western blot

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FOX; GUINEA PIG; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; NONHUMAN; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGENS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DOGS; FOXES; GUINEA PIGS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DUSICYON THOUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029868232     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(95)00838-1     Document Type: Article

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