Options for the delivery of anti-pathogen molecules in arthropod vectors

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 112, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Caljon, Guy ^a,b,c   De Vooght, Linda ^a   Van Den Abbeele, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

(para)transgenesis; Anti pathogen molecules; Nanobody; Trypanosomiasis; Tsetse fly; Vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

NANOBODY;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SINGLE-DOMAIN ANTIBODIES;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLOSSINA (GENUS); GLOSSINIDAE; PROTOZOA; VERMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84875805472     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2012.07.013     Document Type: Review

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