Leishmania manipulates sandfly feeding to enhance its transmission

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 151-153

  Ready, Paul D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; PROTEOPHOSPHOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

BITE; DISEASE CARRIER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING; FLY; GEL; HOST; LEISHMANIA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; MAMMAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDGUT; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PSYCHODIDAE; SHORT SURVEY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PROTEOGLYCANS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PSYCHODIDAE; RODENT DISEASES;

LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 41349092479     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2007.12.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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