Cellular Hemolymph Response of Simulium vittatum (Diptera: Simuliidae) to Intrathoracic Injection of Onchocerca lienalis (Filarioidea: Onchocercidae) Microfilariae

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 56-63

  Cupp, Mary S ^a,b   Chen, Yuetian ^a,c   Cupp, Eddie W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black fly; Hemocyte; Immune response; Lipopolysaccharide; Microfilaria; Prohemocyte

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPTERA; FILARIOIDEA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA LIENALIS; ONCHOCERCIDAE; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM NIGRICOXUM; SIMULIUM VITTATUM;

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOLOGY; FAT BODY; FLY; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNOLOGY; ONCHOCERCA;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FAT BODY; HEMOCYTES; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; ONCHOCERCA; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 0030628567     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.1.56     Document Type: Article

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