Aedes aegypti: Induced antibacterial proteins reduce the establishment and development of Brugia malayi

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-201

  Lowenberger, Carl A ^a   Ferdig, Michael T ^a   Bulet, Philippe ^b   Khalili, Shirin ^a   Hoffmann, Jules A ^b   Christensen, Bruce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Armigeres subalbatus; Brugia malayi; Brugia pahangi; Culicidae; defensin; Diptera; filarial worm; insect immunity; Liverpool (LVP); microfilaria (mf); mosquito; Nematoda; refractoriness; vector competence

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DEFENSIN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERBIL; HOST RESISTANCE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; INOCULATION; MICROFILARIASIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; ARMIGERES SUBALBATUS; BRUGIA MALAYI; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; GERBILLINAE; INSECTA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0030198769     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0066     Document Type: Article

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