Bacterial symbiosis in arthropods and the control of disease transmission

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 581-591

  Beard, Charles B ^a   Durvasula, Ravi V ^b   Richards, Frank F ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INSECT BITE; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0031729224     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0404.980408     Document Type: Review

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