Generation of a novel Wolbachia infection in Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) via embryonic microinjection

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 903-910

  Xi, Zhiyong ^a   Dean, Jeffry L ^a   Khoo, Cynthia ^a   Dobson, Stephen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Microinjection; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX PIPIENS; INSECTA; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROINJECTION; MOSQUITO; PATHOGENICITY; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 23844449798     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2005.03.015     Document Type: Article

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