Meeting the challenges of on-host and off-host water balance in blood-feeding arthropods

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1366-1376

  Benoit, J B ^a,b   Denlinger, David L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood feeding; Dehydration resistance; Disease vectors; Diuresis; Water balance

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTHROPOD; BLOOD; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE VECTOR; FEEDING; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; WATER BUDGET; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; BLOOD; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BLOOD; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; WATER;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 77954632472     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.02.014     Document Type: Review

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