Interactions between Asaia, Plasmodium and Anopheles: New insights into mosquito symbiosis and implications in Malaria Symbiotic Control

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Capone, Aida ^a   Ricci, Irene ^a   Damiani, Claudia ^a   Mosca, Michela ^a   Rossi, Paolo ^a   Scuppa, Patrizia ^a   Crotti, Elena ^b   Epis, Sara ^a,b   Angeletti, Mauro ^a   Valzano, Matteo ^a   Sacchi, Luciano ^c   Bandi, Claudio ^b   Daffonchio, Daniele ^b   Mandrioli, Mauro ^d   Favia, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Asaia; Haemocytes; Malaria; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; ASAIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH CURVE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MIDGUT; MOSQUITO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLAND; SYMBIOSIS;

ACETOBACTERACEAE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALARIA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLASMODIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ASAIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84879061399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-182     Document Type: Article

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