Linkage between susceptibility of Phlebotomus papatasi to Leishmania major and hunger tolerance

Parasitology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 343-348

  Schlein, Y ^a   Jacobson, R L ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Leishmania major; Phlebotomus papatasi; Selection; Sugar starvation; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HUNGER; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; STARVATION;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; DESERT CLIMATE; DIET; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PHLEBOTOMUS; PLANT LEAVES; SELECTION (GENETICS); STARVATION;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PROTOZOA; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0036792863     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182002002147     Document Type: Article

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