Paratransgenic control of vector borne diseases

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1334-1344

  Hurwitz, Ivy ^a   Fieck, Annabeth ^a   Read, Amber ^a   Hillesland, Heidi ^a,c   Klein, Nichole ^a   Kang, Angray ^b   Dur vasula, Ravi ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Horizontal gene transfer; Microbiology; Paratransgenesis; Risk assessment; Sand flies; Triatomine bugs; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ARGENTIPES; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS;

ANIMAL; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PSYCHODIDAE; REVIEW; RHODNIUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PSYCHODIDAE; RHODNIUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 81255195747     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.7.1334     Document Type: Review

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