Strategy for introduction of foreign genes into field populations of Chagas disease vectors

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 937-943

  Durvasula, Ravi V ^a   Kroger, Andrew ^a   Goodwin, Matthew ^a   Panackal, Anil ^a   Kruglov, Oleg ^a   Taneja, Jyotika ^a   Gumbs, Andrew ^a   Richards, Frank F ^a   Beard, Charles B ^b   Cordon Rosales, Celia ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; CRUZIGARD; Endosymbionts; Paratransgenesis; Rhodnius prolixus; Single chain antibodies

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DISEASE CONTROL; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; INSECTA; REDUVIIDAE; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; RHODOCOCCUS RHODNII;

EID: 18744423805     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/92.6.937     Document Type: Article

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