Presence of Wolbachia Endosymbionts in Microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti (Spirurida: Onchocercidae) from Different Geographical Regions in India

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1017-1019

  Hoti, S L ^a   Sridhar, A ^a   Das, P K ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

India; Polymerase chain reaction; Wolbachia; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SURVIVAL; WOLBACHIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

BRUGIA MALAYI; FILARIOIDEA; ONCHOCERCIDAE; SPIRURIDA; WOLBACHIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 1342290402     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000800006     Document Type: Article

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