Wolbachia pipientis: An expanding bag of tricks to explore for disease control

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 373-375

  Cook, Peter E ^a   McGraw, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SHORT SURVEY; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS; AEDES; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; VIROLOGY; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INSECT VECTORS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; DENGUE VIRUS; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 77955057410     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2010.05.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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