Isolation and characterization of an anticoagulant from the salivary glands of the tick, Ornithodoros savignyi (Acari: Argasidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 583-598

  Gaspar, A R M D ^a   Joubert, A M ^a   Crause, J C ^a   Neitz, A W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

anticoagulant; factor Xa; inhibitor; Ornithodoros savignyi; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ORNITHODOROS SAVIGNYI;

EID: 0030267778     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00052809     Document Type: Article

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