Microplate reader analysis of triatomine saliva effect on erythrocyte aggregation

Materials Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-36

  Cardoso, Antonio Valadão ^a   Pereira, Marcos Horácio ^b   Marcondes, Guilherme de Araújo ^a   Ferreira, Adriana Rosa ^a   de Araújo, Patrícia Rosa ^a  

^a FUNDAÇÃO CENTRO TECNOLÓGICO DE MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte aggregation; Fibrinogen; Hematophagous saliva; Hemorheology; Triatoma infestans

Indexed keywords

HEMODYNAMICS; MAMMALS; RHEOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS; VISCOSITY;

DYNAMIC VISCOSITY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; HEMORHEOLOGY; MICROPLATE READER;

BLOOD;

EID: 34249281692     PISSN: 15161439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-14392007000100008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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