The role of promastigote secretory gel in the origin and transmission of the infective stage of Leishmania mexicana by the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis

Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 495-507

  Rogers, M E ^a   Chance, M L ^a   Bates, P A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leishmania; Metacyclic promastigote; Promastigote secretory gel (PSG); Sandfly; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS; LUTZOMIYA LONGIPALPIS; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE MIGRATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PSYCHODIDAE;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GELS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEOGLYCANS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PSYCHODIDAE;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PROTOZOA; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0036097526     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182002001439     Document Type: Article

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