Wolbachia strain wAlbB enhances infection by the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1491-1495

  Hughes, Grant L ^a,b   Vega Rodriguez, Joel ^c,d   Xue, Ping ^c   Rasgon, Jason L ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE MOSQUITOES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENDOSYMBIONT; MALARIA PARASITE; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; PROTECTIVE EFFECTS; VECTOR COMPETENCES;

PATHOGENS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; DISEASE VECTOR; ENDOSYMBIONT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PARASITE; PATHOGEN; RODENT; VIRULENCE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MICE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MUS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; RODENTIA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84857079736     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06751-11     Document Type: Article

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