Maternal transmission of Wolbachia in Phlebotomus papatasi (Scopoli)

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 435-440

  Kassem, H A ^a   Osman, G ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGENY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WOLBACHIA;

PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 34748867766     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485913X13789813917544     Document Type: Article

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