Tuesday, December 11, 2007
D0282

Macrophage migration inhibition factor (MIF) expression in ixodid ticks

C. Jerry Bowen, cjbowen@okstate.edu and Deborah C. Jaworski, deborah.jaworski@okstate.edu. Oklahoma State University, Entomology and Plant Pathology, 127 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK



Species 1: Acari Ixodidae Amblyomma americanum (lone star tick)
Species 2: Acari Ixodidae Dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick)
Species 3: Acari Ixodidae Rhipicephalis sanguineus (brown dog tick)