The strepsipteran endoparasite Xenos vesparum alters the immunocompetence of its host, the paper wasp Polistes dominulus

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-259

  Manfredini, Fabio ^a   Benati, Daniela ^a   Beani, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibacterial response; Endoparasite; Hemocyte counts; Phagocytosis; Polistes dominulus

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENDOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; WASP;

ANIMALS; HEMOCYTES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INSECTS; LARVA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; WASPS;

HEXAPODA; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTINAE; STREPSIPTERA; XENOS VESPARUM;

EID: 75749088473     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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