Wednesday, 29 October 2003
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This presentation is part of : Display Presentations, Section D. Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Scabies mites modulate inflammatory/immune cytokine gene expression

Ndate Fall, Larry G. Arlian, and Marjorie S. Morgan. Wright State University, Department of Biological Sciences, 3640 Col. Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH

mRNA expression of cytokine genes in the spleens of mice immunized and/or infested with scabies mites was studied by gene array analysis.

Species 1: Acari Sarcoptidae Sarcoptes scabiei (itch mite, scabies mite)
Keywords: Immune modulation, cytokine gene expression

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