Wolbachia density and cytoplasmic incompatibility in Aedes albopictus: Concerns with using artificial Wolbachia infection as a vector suppression tool

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Calvitti, Maurizio ^a   Marini, Francesca ^a,b   Desiderio, Angiola ^a   Puggioli, Arianna ^c   Moretti, Riccardo ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE REGIONI LAZIO E TOSCANA   (Italy)

^c Medical and Veterinary Entomology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL LOAD; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CYTOPLASMIC INCOMPATIBILITY; FEMALE; HATCHING; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; MALE; MALE STERILITY; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VECTOR CONTROL; WOLBACHIA; AEDES; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; INSECT VECTOR; MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; HEXAPODA; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84926321358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121813     Document Type: Article

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