Wolbachia infections are virulent and inhibit the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in Anopheles gambiae

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Hughes, Grant L ^a,b   Koga, Ryuichi ^c   Xue, Ping ^a,b   Fukatsu, Takema ^c   Rasgon, Jason L ^a,b  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT BODY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAD; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALARIA; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SENSE ORGAN; SURVIVAL; WOLBACHIA INFECTION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; WOLBACHIA;

ANOPHELES (GENUS); ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; HEXAPODA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; OOCYSTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 79958056036     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002043     Document Type: Article

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