Tetracycline treatment and sex-ratio distortion: A role for Wolbachia in the moulting of filarial nematodes?

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1457-1468

  Casiraghi, M ^a   McCall, J W ^b   Simoncini, L ^a   Kramer, L H ^c   Sacchi, L ^d   Genchi, C ^a   Werren, J H ^e   Bandi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Filariasis; Nematode moult; Real time PCR; Symbiosis; Therapy; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ENDOSYMBIONT; FILARIASIS; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MOLT; NEMATODE; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GERBIL; LARVA; MOLTING; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; SEX RATIO; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUGIA PAHANGI; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX RATIO; TETRACYCLINE; TIME FACTORS; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALIA; BRUGIA; BRUGIA PAHANGI; FILARIA; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; NEMATODA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0036829468     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(02)00158-3     Document Type: Article

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