Can Anopheles gambiae be infected with Wolbachia pipientis? Insights from an in Vitro System

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 7718-7722

  Rasgon, Jason L ^a   Ren, Xiaoxia ^b   Petridis, Michael ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CELLS; DNA SEQUENCES; FLUORESCENCE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CYTOPLASMIC INCOMPATIBILITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR);

MOSQUITO CONTROL;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIUM; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOSYMBIONT; EVALUATION; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC TRAIT; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CELL LINE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WOLBACHIA;

ANOPHELES (GENUS); ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 33845519370     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01578-06     Document Type: Article

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