The major salivary gland antigens of Culex quinquefasciatus are D7-related proteins

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-71

  Dos Santos Malafronte, Rosely ^a   Calvo, Eric ^a,b   James, Anthony A ^b   Marinotti, Osvaldo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex quinquefasciatus; Mosquito bite allergy; Salivary glands

Indexed keywords

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

EID: 0037211711     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(02)00168-6     Document Type: Article

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