Can wolbachia be used to control malaria?

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 212-217

  Walker, Thomas ^a   Moreira, Luciano Andrade ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Malaria; Plasmodium; Transinfection; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES (GENUS); ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; PLASMODIUM PARASITES; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 80051742466     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000900026     Document Type: Review

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