Tsetse - A haven for microorganisms

Parasitology Today

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 114-118

  Aksoy, S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SYMBIOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TSETSE FLY; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0034161628     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(99)01606-3     Document Type: Review

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