High infection rate of Wolbachia endobacteria in the sand flea Tunga penetrans from Brazil

Acta Tropica

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 225-230

  Heukelbach, Jörg ^a,b   Bonow, Insa ^c   Witt, Lars ^d   Feldmeier, Hermann ^d   Fischer, Peter ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao Mandacaru   (Brazil)

^c Bernhard Nocht Inst for Trop Med   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil; Immunohistology; PCR; Siphonaptera; Tunga penetrans; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA 16S; FTSZ PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ECTOPARASITE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; ECTOPARASITE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIA; FLEA; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INFECTION RATE; MACROPHAGE; MORBIDITY; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAND FLEA; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FECES; FEMALE; FLEAS; MALE; OOCYTES; OVARY; STAINING AND LABELING; WOLBACHIA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; INSECTA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TUNGA; TUNGA PENETRANS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 7744234873     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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