Wolbachia bacteria of filarial nematodes: A target for control?

Parasitology Today

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 179-180

  Taylor, M J ^a   Bandi, C ^b   Hoerauf, A M ^c   Lazdins, J ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRUGIA MALAYI; CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG TARGETING; FERTILITY; FILARIA; FILARIASIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUGIA MALAYI; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; HUMANS; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; RIFAMPIN; SYMBIOSIS; TETRACYCLINE; WOLBACHIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BRUGIA MALAYI; FILARIA; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; WOLBACHIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0034191876     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(00)01661-6     Document Type: Short Survey

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