The native Wolbachia endosymbionts of Drosophila melanogaster and Culex quinquefasciatus increase host resistance to west nile virus infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Glaser, Robert L ^a,b   Meola, Mark A ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BUNYAVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENDOSYMBIONT; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; VIRUS TITRATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WOLBACHIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LA CROSSE VIRUS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARBOVIRUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLAVIVIRIDAE; LA CROSSE VIRUS; TOGAVIRIDAE; WEST NILE VIRUS; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CULEX; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECT VECTORS; LA CROSSE VIRUS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SYMBIOSIS; WEST NILE FEVER; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 77957802875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011977     Document Type: Article

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