Using bacteria to treat diseases

Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 701-712

  Caragata, Eric P ^a,b   Walker, Thomas ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Dengue; Malaria; Mosquitoes; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

AS 01; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; CHLORPHENOTANE; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA VACCINE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID; RTS S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ASAIA; BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACTERIUM; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COCHLIOMYIA; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LYSINIBACILLUS SPHAERICUS; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MICROSPORIDIA; MOSQUITO BORNE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DENGUE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ASAIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84861321481     PISSN: 14712598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14712598.2012.677429     Document Type: Review

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