Salivary antigens of the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis felis

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-19

  Lee, S E ^a,b   Jackson, L A ^a   Opdebeeck, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cat flea; Ctenocephalides felis felis; FAD; FBH; flea allergy dermatitis; flea bite hypersensitivity; IDT; intradermal skin testing; saliva

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DOG; FLEA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFESTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA;

EID: 0031023263     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1997.d01-140.x     Document Type: Article

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