First detection of Wolbachia spp., including a new genotype, in sand flies collected in Marseille, France

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 466-469

  Matsumoto, Kotaro ^a   Izri, Arezki ^b   Dumon, Henri ^c   Raoult, Didier ^a   Parola, Philippe ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

France; Phlebotomus perniciosus; Sergentomyia minuta; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; FRANCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; FRANCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WOLBACHIA;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS; PSYCHODIDAE; SERGENTOMYIA MINUTA; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA SP.;

EID: 44449111259     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[466:FDOWSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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