Intravital microscopy and image analysis of Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) hematophagy: The challenge of blood intake from mouse skin

Parasitology International

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 229-236

  Soares, Adriana Coelho ^a   Araújo, Ricardo Nascimento ^a   Carvalho Tavares, Juliana ^a   Gontijo, Nelder de Figueiredo ^a   Pereira, Marcos Horácio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cibarial pump; Feeding site; Hematophagy; Image analysis; Leukocyte; Platelet; Rhodnius prolixus; Skin microcirculation; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PUMP; BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEEDING; HEMATOPHAGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSECT; INTRAVITAL MICROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; MEAL; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; SKIN; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SUCKING; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VENULE; VIBRATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMIPTERA; HUMIDITY; LEUKOCYTE; MICROCIRCULATION; VERTEBRATE;

COLUMBA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MUS; REDUVIIDAE; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VERTEBRATA;

CIBARIAL PUMP; FEEDING SITE; HEMATOPHAGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEUKOCYTE; PLATELET; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; SKIN MICROCIRCULATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEUKOCYTES; MICE; MICE, HAIRLESS; MICROSCOPY; PLATELET AGGREGATION; RHODNIUS; SKIN;

RHODAMINE 6G;

EID: 84888133863     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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