Absence of Wolbachia endobacteria in the human parasitic nematode Dracunculus medinensis and two related Dracunculus species infecting wildlife

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Foster, Jeremy M ^a   Landmann, Frédéric ^b   Ford, Louise ^c   Johnston, Kelly L ^c   Elsasser, Sarah C ^d   Schulte Hostedde, Albrecht I ^d   Taylor, Mark J ^c   Slatko, Barton E ^a  

^a Molecular Parasitology Division   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dracunculus; Guinea worm; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RNA 16S; RNA 18S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOLBACHIA SURFACE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRACUNCULIASIS; DRACUNCULUS INSIGNIS; DRACUNCULUS LUTRAE; DRACUNCULUS MEDINENSIS; ENDOSYMBIONT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; WILDLIFE; WOLBACHIA; ANIMAL; CANADA; DRACUNCULUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; GHANA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MINK; OTTER; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VETERINARY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRACUNCULIASIS; DRACUNCULUS NEMATODE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MINK; ONTARIO; OTTERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84902183178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-140     Document Type: Article

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