The annotated genome of Wolbachia from the filarial nematode Brugia malayi: What it means for progress in antifilarial medicine

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 0289-0292

  Pfarr, Kenneth ^a   Hoerauf, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; IVERMECTIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRUGIA MALAYI; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENDOSYMBIONT; ERADICATION THERAPY; FILARIASIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VECTOR; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; WOLBACHIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; FILARIASIS; FILARICIDES; GENOME; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 19344372961     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020110     Document Type: Review

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