Reduced competitiveness of Wolbachia infected Aedes aegypti larvae in intra- and inter-specific immature interactions

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 173-177

  Suh, Eunho ^a,b   Dobson, Stephen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CI; Dengue; Fitness cost; Insect behavior; JCU; L1; L4; MID; PGYP1; PGYP1.tet; Population replacement; Predation; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

1ST INSTAR; 4TH INSTAR; A. AEGYPTI INFECTED WITH WMELPOP-CLA; A. AEGYPTI NATURALLY UNINFECTED; AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CI; CYTOPLASMIC INCOMPATIBILITY; DENGUE; FITNESS COST; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INSECT BEHAVIOR; JCU; L4; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; MID; PGYP1; PGYP1.TET; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION REPLACEMENT; PREDATION; WILD TYPE A. ALBOPICTUS NATURALLY INFECTED WITH TWO WOLBACHIA STRAINS; WMELPOP-CLA REMOVED A. AEGYPTI BY TREATING TETRACYCLINE ON PGYP1 STRAIN; WOLBACHIA;

1ST INSTAR; 4TH INSTAR; A. AEGYPTI INFECTED WITH WMELPOP-CLA; A. AEGYPTI NATURALLY UNINFECTED; CI; CYTOPLASMIC INCOMPATIBILITY; DENGUE; FITNESS COST; INSECT BEHAVIOR; JCU; L4; MID; PGYP1; PGYP1.TET; POPULATION REPLACEMENT; PREDATION; WILD TYPE A. ALBOPICTUS NATURALLY INFECTED WITH TWO WOLBACHIA STRAINS; WMELPOP-CLA REMOVED A. AEGYPTI BY TREATING TETRACYCLINE ON PGYP1 STRAIN; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LARVA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84883750819     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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