Wolbachia bacteria of filarial nematodes

Parasitology Today

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 437-442

  Taylor, Mark J ^a   Hoerauf, Achim ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

ARTHROPOD; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BRUGIA MALAYI; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ARTHROPODA; NEMATODA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0033231772     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(99)01533-1     Document Type: Review

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