Relative Wolbachia density of field-collected Aedes albopictus mosquitoes in Thailand

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 173-177

  Ahantarig, Arunee ^a   Trinachartvanit, Wachareeporn ^a   Kittayapong, Pattamaporn ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Real time quantitative PCR; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); WOLBACHIA;

EID: 54749101936     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710(2008)33[173:RWDOFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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