Wolbachia and virus protection in insects

Science

Volumn 322, Issue 5902, 2008, Pages 702-

  Hedges, Lauren M ^a   Brownlie, Jeremy C ^a   O'Neill, Scott L ^a   Johnson, Karyn N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FITNESS; FLY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MORTALITY; PARASITISM; SURVIVAL; SYMBIONT; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INSECT VIRUSES; NODAVIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES; WOLBACHIA;

HEXAPODA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 55349146939     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1162418     Document Type: Article

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