Ultrastructural changes in the milk gland of tsetse Glossina morsitans centralis (Diptera; Glissinidae) female infected by a DNA virus

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 253-259

  Sang, Rosemary C ^a   Jura, Walter G Z O ^b   Otieno, Leonard H ^b   Ogaja, Peter ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cell; Degeneration; DNA virus; Glossina morsitans centralis; Lesion; Milk gland; Necrosis; Tsetse; Virogenesis; Virus transmission

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; DNA VIRUSES; GLOSSINA (PROPER); GLOSSINA MORSITANS; GLOSSINA MORSITANS CENTRALIS; GLOSSINA PALLIDIPES;

EID: 0039610263     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1996.0093     Document Type: Article

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