Variability of the salivary proteins of 20 Brazilian populations of Panstrongylus megistus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)

Acta Tropica

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-33

  Barbosa, S E ^a,b   Diotaiuti, L ^a   Braga, E M ^b   Pereira, M H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Immune recognition; Panstrongylus megistus; Saliva; Triatomines

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; INSECT PROTEIN; SALIVA PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTROPHORESIS; GEOGRAPHY; HEMIPTERA; HOST; INOCULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PANSTRONGYLUS; PANSTRONGYLUS MEGISTUS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN VARIANT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; REDUVIIDAE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; TRIATOMINAE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; INSECT VECTORS; PANSTRONGYLUS; PROTEINS; RABBITS; SALIVA;

ARACHNIDA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PANSTRONGYLUS; PANSTRONGYLUS MEGISTUS; PROTOZOA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 3843074136     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2004.05.012     Document Type: Article

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