Pharmacological and immunological properties of saliva of the blood-feeding insects Rhodnius prolixus and Aedes aegypti

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 269-277

  Champagne, Donald E ^a   Wasserman, Heather A ^a   Kumar, Sudesh ^a   Singh, Swarnjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antihaemostatic; Blood feeding; Immunomodulation; Vasodilator

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS;

EID: 3943096057     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6962.2004.00406.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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