Effects of Larval Nutrition, Adult Body Size, and Adult Temperature on the Ability of Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) to Melanize Sephadex Beads

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-161

  Suwanchaichinda, Chansak ^a   Paskewitz, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Body size; Melanization; Nutrition; Sephadex beads; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

DEXTRAN; MELANIN; SEPHADEX;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; GEL; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LARVA; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DEXTRANS; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; GELS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LARVA; MELANINS; PLASMODIUM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032013840     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.2.157     Document Type: Article

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