Cellular-mediated reactions to foreign organisms inoculated into the hemocoel of Anopheles albimanus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-69

  Hernández Martínez, Salvador ^a,b   Lanz, Humberto ^b   Rodríguez, Mario H ^b   González Ceron, Lilia ^c   Tsutsumi, Víctor ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anopheles albimanus; Encapsulation; Hemocytes; Insect immunity; Malaria; Phenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES ALBIMANUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECTA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

DEXTRAN; MICROSPHERE; SEPHADEX;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCOCCUS; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DEXTRANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEMOCYTES; MICROCOCCUS; MICROSPHERES; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0036364092     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.1.61     Document Type: Article

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