Effects of tetracycline on the filarial worms Brugia pahangi and Dirofilaria immitis and their bacterial endosymbionts Wolbachia

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 357-364

  Bandi, Claudio ^a   McCall, John W ^b   Genchi, Claudio ^a   Corona, Silvia ^c   Venco, Luigi ^d   Sacchi, Luciano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d Viale Cremona   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brugia; Dirofilaria; Embryogenesis; Onchocerca; Symbiosis; Tetracycline; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL CONTROL; NEMATODE; PARASITE CONTROL; SYMBIONT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRUGIA PAHANGI; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SHORT SURVEY; SYMBIOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WOLBACHIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUGIA; BRUGIA PAHANGI; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0032992884     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(98)00200-8     Document Type: Article

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