The virulent Wolbachia strain wMelPop efficiently establishes somatic infections in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3373-3376

  Jin, Chaoyang ^a,c   Ren, Xiaoxia ^a,b   Rasgon, Jason L ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CANADA'S MICHAEL SMITH GENOME SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES MOSQUITOES; IN-VIVO; MALARIA VECTOR ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

PEST CONTROL;

BACTERIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; ENDOSYMBIONT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; HEMOLYMPH; IN VIVO STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; NONHUMAN; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; WOLBACHIA;

ANOPHELES (GENUS); ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 66249129377     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00207-09     Document Type: Article

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