Resource depletion in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected by the microsporidia Vavraia culicis

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1355-1362

  Rivero, A ^a,b   Agnew, P ^a   Bedhomme, S ^a,c   Sidobre, C ^a   Michalakis, Y ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy budget; Feeding rate; Immunity; Metabolic rate; Pupation

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; LIPID; SUGAR;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; METABOLIC RATE; MICROSPORIDA; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPATION; VAVRAIA CULICIS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CELL RESPIRATION; EATING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICROSPORIDIA; PUPA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; MICROSPORIDIA; VAVRAIA CULICIS;

EID: 34547764293     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182007002703     Document Type: Article

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