How much pilocarpine contaminates pilocarpine-induced tick saliva?

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-24

  Ribeiro, J M C ^a   Zeidner, N S ^b   Ledin, K ^b   Dolan, M C ^b   Mather, T N ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Haematophagy; Ixodes scapularis; Pilocarpine; Salivary glands; Salivation; Tick

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC AGENT; PILOCARPINE;

SALIVA; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; SALIVATION; TICK;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; PILOCARPINE; SALIVA; SALIVATION;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANIMALIA; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE;

EID: 1642352100     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2003.0469.x     Document Type: Article

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