Phlebotomine sand flies and Leishmania parasites: friends or foes?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 439-445

  Kamhawi, Shaden ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; INTESTINE ENZYME; LEISHMANOLYSIN; LIPOPHOSPHOGLYCAN; METALLOPROTEINASE; NEUROPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMASTIGOTE; BLOOD; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME RELEASE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LEISHMANIA; LIFE CYCLE; MEAL; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VECTOR; PHLEBOTOMUS; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTECTION; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECT VECTORS; INTESTINES; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PSYCHODIDAE;

PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 33746825106     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2006.06.012     Document Type: Review

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