Wolbachia and the biological control of mosquito-borne disease

EMBO Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 508-518

  Iturbe Ormaetxe, Iñaki ^a   Walker, Thomas ^a   O'Neill, Scott L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Cchikungunya; dengue; Drosophila; Wolbachia pipientis

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AUSTRALIA; CHIKUNGUNYA; DENGUE; DROSOPHILA; FILARIASIS; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOSQUITO; MOSQUITO BORNE DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES INVASION; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CULICIDAE; DENGUE; GENETIC FITNESS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 79958013276     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2011.84     Document Type: Review

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