Recombinant larvicidal bacteria with markedly improved efficacy against Culex vectors of West Nile virus

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 732-738

  Park, Hyun Woo ^a,b   Bideshi, Dennis K ^a   Wirth, Margaret C ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey J ^a   Walton, William E ^a   Federici, Brian A ^a   Mulrennan Sr , John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BSB; PROTEIN CRT1A; PROTEIN CRY11A; PROTEIN CRY4A; PROTEIN CRY4B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PRIMER DNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS ISRAELENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COST; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; SUBSPECIES; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; VECTOR CONTROL; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ANIMAL; BACILLUS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULEX; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; INSECT VECTORS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 22444450314     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.72.732     Document Type: Article

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