Somatic wolbachia (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) levels in culex quinquefasciatus and culex pipiens (diptera: Culicidae) and resistance to west Nile virus infection

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 189-199

  Micieli, Maria Victoria ^a   Glaser, Robert L ^b,c  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLÓGICOS Y DE VECTORES CEPAVE   (Argentina)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex mosquito; West Nile virus; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; CULEX; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; WEST NILE VIRUS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84893146930     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME13152     Document Type: Article

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