High prevalence and lack of diversity of Wolbachia pipientis in Aedes albopictus populations from Northeast Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 773-776

  de Albuquerque, Alessandra Lima ^a   Magalhães, Tereza ^a   Ayres, Constância Flávia Junqueira ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endosymbiont; Mosquito control; Semi nested PCR

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; GENETIC VARIATION; INSECT VECTORS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 80053976242     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000600021     Document Type: Article

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