The salivary adenosine/AMP content of Phlebotomus argentipes annandale and brunetti, the main vector of human kala-azar

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 915-917

  Ribeiro, J M C ^a   Modi, G ^a  

^a Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE;

LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITOLOGY;

ARTICLE; DIODE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEISHMANIASIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGENESIS; PHLEBOTOMUS; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SALIVARY GLAND;

DIPTERA; PHLEBOTOMUS ARGENTIPES; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0034857327     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[0915:TSAACO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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