A Virulent wolbachia infection decreases the viability of the dengue vector aedes aegypti during periods of embryonic quiescence

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  McMeniman, Conor J ^b   O'Neill, Scott L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AGING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; EGG PRODUCTION; EMBRYO DEATH; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VECTOR CONTROL; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS; AEDES; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OOCYTE; PATHOGENICITY; SURVIVAL; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; OVUM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 77957901859     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000748     Document Type: Article

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