Wolbachia infection reduces blood-feeding success in the dengue fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Turley, Andrew P ^a   Moreira, Luciano A ^a,b   O'Neill, Scott L ^a   McGraw, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BLOOD FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDOSYMBIONT; FEEDING; FEMALE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INSECT DISEASE; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE INJURY; WOLBACHIA INFECTION; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 70449497794     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000516     Document Type: Article

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