Permeability and disruption of the peritrophic matrix and caecal membrane from Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae mosquito larvae

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1313-1320

  Edwards, Marten J ^a,b   Jacobs Lorena, Marcelo ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT; CHITINASE; DEXTRAN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; LARVA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS VECTOR;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

EID: 0033931463     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(00)00053-6     Document Type: Article

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