Leishmania parasites (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) reversibly inhibit visceral muscle contractions in hemimetabolous and holometabolous insects

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 123-128

  Vaidyanathan, Rajeev ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Herpetomonas; Host parasite interactions; Leishmania; Leptomonas; Myoinhibition; Sand fly; Vector competence

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FLAGELLATE; FLY; HEMIPTERA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISCERA;

ANIMALS; COCKROACHES; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; VISCERA;

BLATTARIA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HERPETOMONAS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEPTOMONAS; LEPTOMONAS SEYMOURI; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 9644273846     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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