Histopathology and ultrastructure features of the midgut of adult females of the tick amblyomma cajennense fabricius, 1787 (Acari: Ixodidae) in various feeding stages and submitted to three infestations

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 249-259

  Caperucci, Débora ^a   Mathias, Maria Izabel Camargo ^a   Bechara, Gervásio Henrique ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma cajennense; Midgut; Morpho histology; Reinfestation; SEM; Ticks

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIVERTICULOSIS; EPITHELIUM; FEEDING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST; INFESTATION; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SECRETORY CELL; TICK; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IXODIDAE; RABBITS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 71549152818     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: 15210758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01913120903296945     Document Type: Article

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