@article {139,
	title = {The detection of Rickettsia prowazekii in the vectors of louse-born typhus Pediculus humanus by using monoclonal antibody-based preparations},
	journal = {Zhurnal mikrobiologii, epidemiologii, i immunobiologii},
	volume = {(8)},
	year = {1990},
	note = {LR: 20031114; JID: 0415217; 0 (Antibodies, Bacterial); 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal); 0 (Antigens, Bacterial); 0 (Epitopes); 0 (Immunoglobulin M); ppublish},
	month = {1990},
	pages = {71 - 74},
	address = {USSR},
	abstract = {The results of this investigation indicate that preparations obtained on the basis of monoclonal antibodies have proved to be suitable for the detection of R. prowazekii antigens in the natural carrier of typhus when used in all types of the enzyme immunoassay; of these, the assay made by the capture method has been found to possess the highest sensitivity. The testing of the sensitivity limits has shown that this method known as ELISA-mu-capture, i.e. ELISA carried out with the use of antibodies to the mu chain of human immunoglobulin, is capable of detecting the antigen in a dose of 0.5-1 ng. Preparations based on monoclonal antibodies to species-specific R. prowazekii antigen permit the identification of the causative agent of typhus in its natural carrier within 24 hours.},
	keywords = {animals, Antibodies, Bacterial/analysis, Antibodies, Monoclonal/diagnostic use, Antigens, Bacterial/immunology, Comparative Study, English Abstract, enzyme, immunization, Insect vectors, Pediculus, Rickettsia prowazekii/immunology, Time Factors},
	isbn = {0372-9311},
	author = {Nedialkov,IuA and Drobyshevskaia,E. I. and Klimchuk,N. D. and Nesterenko,V. G. and Tarasevich,Irina V.}
}
@article {108,
	title = {Partial characterization and post-feeding activity of midgut aminopeptidase in the human body louse, Pediculus humanus humanus},
	journal = {Physiological Entomology},
	volume = {23},
	year = {1998},
	month = {1998},
	pages = {382 - 387},
	abstract = {A leucine aminopeptidase was found in the midgut of the human body louse, Pediculus humanus humanus L. (Anoplura: Pediculidae). The enzyme is activated by the bloodmeal with a pH optimum at 8. The enzyme is soluble in both. aqueous and detergent-containing solutions. The two forms of the enzyme had the same Km but exhibited different catalytic activities with regard to Vmax values in these solutions. The enzyme is inhibited competitively by a substrate analogue 1,10- phenanthroline and by Mn2+ ions in the presence and absence of detergent.},
	keywords = {aminopeptidase, blood, body louse, digestion, Diptera, enzyme, Glossina, human, Insects, leucine, midgut, pdf, pediculosis, Pediculus humanus, protein},
	url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/Publications/38770.pdf},
	author = {Ochanda,James O. and Oduor,Eva A. C. and Galun,Rachel and Imbuga,Mabel O. and Mumcuoglu,Kosta Y.}
}
