Morphology and electrophoretic protein profiles of female salivary glands in four Oriental black fly species (Diptera: Simuliidae)

• Main Authors: Jariyapan N., Takaoka H., Choochote W., Poovorawan Y., Otsuka Y., Jitpakdi A., Junkum A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33847053193&partnerID=40&md5=6b56c9288d190a7a809b0ac9a0f1b30b; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17249360; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/1993
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Saliva of female flies is responsible for localized hypersensitivity reactions and life-threatening systemic hemorrhagic syndromes in humans and animals. In this study, morphology and electrophoretic protein profiles of female salivary glands of Oriental black flies in the subgenus Simulium Latreill...