Increased locomotor activity and metabolism of Aedes aegypti infected with a lifeshortening strain of Wolbachia pipientis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1436-1441

  Evans, Oliver ^a   Caragata, Eric P ^a   McMeniman, Conor J ^a   Woolfit, Megan ^a   Green, David C ^a   Williams, Craig R ^b   Franklin, Craig E ^a   O'Neill, Scott L ^a   McGraw, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Insect.; Locomotor activity; Metabolic rate; Wolbachia pipientis

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DENGUE VIRUS; HEXAPODA; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 66149121046     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.028951     Document Type: Article

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