The effects of aposymbiosis and of an infection with Blastocrithidia triatomae (Trypanosomatidae) on the tracheal system of the reduviid bugs Rhodnius prolixus and Triatoma infestans

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-140

  Eichler, S ^a   Schaub, G A ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aposymbiosis; Blastocrithidia triatomae; Stellate cells; Symbionts; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN B GROUP;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; DIURESIS; HEMIPTERA; INFECTION; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; NONHUMAN; STELLATE CELL; SYMBIOSIS; TRACHEA; TRYPANOSOMA; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

BLASTOCRITHIDIA TRIATOMAE; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

EID: 0032004121     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(97)00095-4     Document Type: Article

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