Haemocyte population and ultrastructural changes during the immune response of the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus to microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 112-120

  Brayner, F A ^a,b   Araujo H R C ^a,b   Santos, S S ^a,b   Cavalcanti, M G S ^a,b   Alves, L C ^a,b   Souza, J R B ^c   Peixoto, C A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Culex quinquefasciatus; Microfilariae; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEMATOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MORPHOLOGY; MOSQUITO; NEMATODE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL COUNT; CULEX; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CULEX; FEMALE; HEMOCYTES; TIME FACTORS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FILARIOIDEA; HEXAPODA; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE GENUS); ONCHOCERCIDAE; SPIRURIDA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 33947306906     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2007.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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