The effects of protease inhibitors and sugars on the survival and development of the parasite Onchocerca ochengi in its natural intermediate host Simulium damnosum s.l.

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 211-217

  Hagen, H E ^a   Klager S L ^a   Barrault, D V ^a   Ham, P J ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

insect immunity; lectins; O. ochengi; onchocerciasis; proteases; S. damnosum

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE; SUGAR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA OCHENGI; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM;

EID: 0030904372     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-257.x     Document Type: Article

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