Geographic distribution of Wolbachia infections in Cimex lectularius (Heteroptera: Cimicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 696-700

  Sakamoto, Joyce M ^a   Rasgon, Jason L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cimex lectularius; Control strategies; Endosymbiont; Pesticide resistance; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CIMEX; CIMEX LECTULARIUS; CIMICIDAE; HETEROPTERA; WOLBACHIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; CIMEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; NYMPH; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WOLBACHIA; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; NYMPH; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WOLBACHIA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 33748342328     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[696:GDOWII]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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