wFlu: Characterization and Evaluation of a Native Wolbachia from the Mosquito Aedes fluviatilis as a Potential Vector Control Agent

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Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Baton, Luke Anthony ^a   Pacidônio, Etiene Casagrande ^a   Gonçalves, Daniela da Silva ^a   Moreira, Luciano Andrade ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; AEDES FLUVIATILIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASMIC INCOMPATIBILITY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VECTOR CONTROL; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; OOCYSTS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TETRACYCLINE; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES FLUVIATILIS; AVES; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84875468277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059619     Document Type: Article

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