Collection and analysis of salivary proteins from the biting midge Culicoides nubeculosus (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 238-248

  Langner, Kathrin F A ^a   Darpel, Karin E ^b   Denison, Eric ^b   Drolet, Barbara S ^a   Leibold, Wolfgang ^c   Mellor, Philip S ^b   Mertens, Peter P C ^b   Nimtz, Manfred ^d   Greiser Wilke, Irene ^c  

^a USDA ARS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coagulation inhibition; Culicoides nubeculosus; Proteomics; Saliva collection; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; CULICOIDES SONORENSIS; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34247467529     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/44.2.238     Document Type: Article

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