Resistance to dehydration between bouts of blood feeding in the bed bug, Cimex lectularius, is enhanced by water conservation, aggregation, and quiescence

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 987-993

  Benoit, Joshua B ^a   Del Grosso, Nicholas A ^b   Yoder, Jay A ^b   Denlinger, David L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CIMEX; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLUID BALANCE; MEAL; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PARASITE SURVIVAL; WATER CONTENT; WATER LOSS; WATER RETENTION; WATER STRESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DEHYDRATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

CIMEX LECTULARIUS; CIMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

WATER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; BLOOD; DEHYDRATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; NYMPH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 34347232330     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.76.987     Document Type: Article

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