Salivary Gland Changes and Host Antibody Responses Associated with Feeding of Male Lone Star Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 628-634

  Sanders, Martin L ^a   Scott, Alan L ^a   Glass, Gregory E ^a   Schwartz, Brian S ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Antibody response; Host Vector interactions; Male tick; Salivary gland

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; IXODIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; INFESTATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RABBIT; SALIVARY GLAND; TICK; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; RABBITS; SALIVARY GLANDS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 0030187468     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.4.628     Document Type: Article

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