Wolbachia endosymbionts and human disease control

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 88-95

  Slatko, Barton E ^a   Luck, Ashley N ^a   Dobson, Stephen L ^b   Foster, Jeremy M ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Chikungunya virus; Dengue virus; Drug discovery; Endosymbiont; Filariasis; Symbiosis; West Nile virus; Wolbachia; Yellow Fever virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MESSENGER RNA;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDOSYMBIONT; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MUTATION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS REPLICATION; WOLBACHIA; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FILARIOIDEA; MICROBIOLOGY; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS; FILARIA; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA; WEST NILE VIRUS; WOLBACHIA; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS;

ANIMALS; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; HUMANS; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84906934254     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2014.07.004     Document Type: Review

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