Filarial susceptibility and effects of Wolbachia in Aedes pseudoscutellaris mosquitoes

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-65

  Dutton, T J ^a   Sinkins, S P ^a,b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ae. katherinensis; Ae. polynesiensis; Aedes pseudoscutellaris; Brugia pahangi; Cytoplasmic incompatibility; Fiji; Filariasis vectors; Maternal inheritance; Polynesia; Vector competence; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

BACTERIUM;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CROSS BREEDING; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALE; REPRODUCTION; TETRACYCLINE; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES SCUTELLARIS; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; FILARIOIDEA; ONCHOCERCIDAE; SCUTELLARIS; SPIRURIDA; WOLBACHIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 15544389863     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2005.00557.x     Document Type: Article

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