Tissue distribution and prevalence of Wolbachia infections in tsetse flies, Glossina spp.

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 44-50

  Cheng, Q ^a,b   Ruel, T D ^a   Zhou, W ^a,b   Moloo, S K ^c   Majiwa, P ^c   O'Neill, S L ^a   Aksoy, S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

G. brevipalpis; G. morsitans morsitans; Glossina austeni; Gonads; Prevalence; Rickettsia; Somatic tissue; Symbionts; Tissue tropism; Wolbachia pipientis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CYTOPLASMIC INCOMPATIBILITY; GENE SEQUENCING; GERM LINE TISSUE; GLOSSINA AUSTENI; GLOSSINA BREVIPALPIS; GLOSSINA MORSITANS; GLOSSINA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOMATIC TISSUE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE TROPISM; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

ANIMALS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TSETSE FLIES; WOLBACHIA;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPTERA; GLOSSINA (PROPER); GLOSSINA AUSTENI; GLOSSINA BREVIPALPIS; GLOSSINA MORSITANS MORSITANS; GLOSSINIDAE; HEXAPODA; RICKETTSIA; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 0034026029     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2000.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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