Identification of a salivary vasodilator in the primary North American vector of bluetongue viruses, Culicoides variipennis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 375-381

  Perez De Leon, Adalberto A ^a   Ribeiro, Jose M C ^b   Tabachnick, Walter J ^a   Valenzuela, Jesus G ^b  

^a USDA ARS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASODILATOR AGENT; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SALIVA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES VARIIPENNIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 1842296350     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.375     Document Type: Article

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