The role of surface characteristics in eliciting humoral encapsulation of foreign bodies in Plasmodium-refractory and -susceptible strains of Anopheles gambiae

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 947-954

  Gorman, Maureen J ^a   Schwartz, Alex M ^a   Paskewitz, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Humoral encapsulation; Insect immunity; Malaria; Mosquito; Refractoriness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; ENCAPSULATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PLASMODIUM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032192721     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00056-0     Document Type: Article

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