A Wolbachia symbiont in Aedes aegypti disrupts mosquito egg development to a greater extent when mosquitoes feed on nonhuman versus human blood

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-84

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

anthropophily; mosquito; reproduction; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; OOCYTE; OVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MICE; OVIPARITY; OVUM; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAVIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 79551620846     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME09188     Document Type: Article

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