Losing the battle against fungal infection: Suppression of termite immune defenses during mycosis

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 966-971

  Avulova, Svetlana ^a   Rosengaus, Rebeca B ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal disease; Hemocytes; Immunity; Isoptera; Metarhizium anisopliae

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY FLUID; CAUSE OF DEATH; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGAL DISEASE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; TERMITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOPTERA; MALE; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEMOCYTES; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; ISOPTERA; MALE; METARHIZIUM; NYMPH;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; HODOTERMITIDAE; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; ZOOTERMOPSIS ANGUSTICOLLIS;

EID: 79959883847     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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