Midgut barrier imparts selective resistance to filarial worm infection in Culex Pipiens Pipiens

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Michalski, Michelle L ^a   Erickson, Sara M ^b   Bartholomay, Lyric C ^c   Christensen, Bruce M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; PAPAIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; BRUGIA PAHANGI; BRUGIAN FILARIASIS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX PIPIENS; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; AEDES; ANIMAL; BRUGIA; CULEX; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GERBIL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BRUGIA; CULEX; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GERBILLINAE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS;

EID: 78649791159     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000875     Document Type: Article

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