Frequency of Wolbachia infection in laboratory and field sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) populations

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 571-572

  Cui, Liwang ^a   Chang, Shu Hong ^a   Strickman, Daniel ^a   Rowton, Edgar ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Laboratory colony; Lutzomyia; Phleboromus; Sand fly; Sergentomyia; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHODIDAE; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHODIDAE; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0033250715     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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