Antigenic relationships between adult and larval Anopheles tessellatus midgut glycoproteins and the midguts of other vector mosquitoes

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-32

  Moorthy, S A V ^a,b   Ramasamy, R ^a   Ramasamy, M S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Anopheles tessellatus; Arbovirus vector; Culex quinquefasciatus; Culicidae; Filariasis vector; Glycoproteins; Larvae; Lectins; Malaria vector; Midgut; Mosquitoes; Peritrophic matrix; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ANTISERUM; GLYCOPROTEIN;

DISEASE VECTOR; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES; AGING; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AEDES; AGING; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTIGENS; CROSS REACTIONS; CULEX; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMMUNE SERA; INSECT VECTORS; INTESTINES; LARVA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; ANOPHELES TESSELLATUS; ARBOVIRUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VARUNA;

EID: 0037355051     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2003.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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