Epicuticular lipids induce aggregation in Chagas disease vectors

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Figueiras, Alicia N Lorenzo ^a   Girotti, Juan R ^b   Mijailovsky, Sergio J ^b   Juárez, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOQUÍMICAS DE LA PLATA INIBIOLP   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; HEXANE; LIPID; PALMITIC ACID; STEARIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE COURSE; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

HEXAPODA; PROTOZOA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 64949137056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-2-8     Document Type: Article

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