Comparison of the humoral and cellular immune responses between body and head lice following bacterial challenge

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 332-339

  Kim, Ju Hyeon ^a   Min, Jee Sun ^a   Kang, Jae Soon ^a   Kwon, Deok Ho ^a   Yoon, Kyong Sup ^b   Strycharz, Joseph ^b   Koh, Young Ho ^c   Pittendrigh, Barry Robert ^d   Clark, J Marshall ^b   Lee, Si Hyeock ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Hallym University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial challenge; Human lice; Immune response; Pediculus humanus capitis; Pediculus humanus humanus; Phagocytosis; Vector competence

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PEDICULUS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, INSECT; GENOME; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PEDICULUS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; NEGIBACTERIA; PEDICULUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS CAPITIS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS CORPORIS; PHTHIRAPTERA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79953064628     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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