Evidence for Wolbachia symbiosis in microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti from West Bengal, India

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-77

  Gayen, Prajna ^a   Maitra, Sudipta ^a   Datta, Sutapa ^a   Sinha Babu, Santi P ^a  

^a VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Microfilariae; Symbiosis; Wolbachia; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

BACTERIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOSYMBIONT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; SYMBIOSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WOLBACHIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

BRUGIA MALAYI; ENDOBACTERIA; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; WOLBACHIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 77951710107     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-010-0009-3     Document Type: Article

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