The effect of immune sera from hamsters immunized with sandfly gut and whole body extract antigens on the fecundity and mortality of Phlebotomus duboscqi (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Acta Tropica

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 269-279

  Ingonga, Petronilah ^a   Mbati, Peter Amunga ^b   Anjili, Christopher Omukhango ^b   Mutani, Alex ^a   Wishitemi, Bob ^a   Odongo, Shadrack ^b   Robert, Leon L ^b   Githure, John Ichamwenge ^b  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Gut antigen; Mortality; Phlebotomus duboscqi

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FERTILITY; HAMSTER; IMMUNIZATION; INTESTINE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS;

EID: 0029878962     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-706X(95)00132-X     Document Type: Article

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