Broader prevalence of Wolbachia in insects including potential human disease vectors

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 305-315

  De Oliveira, C D ^a   Goncalves D S ^a   Baton, L A ^a   Shimabukuro, P H F ^a   Carvalho, F D ^a   Moreira, L A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; insects; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE VECTOR; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENETIC MARKER; INSECT; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

BRAZIL;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; WOLBACHIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RNA 16S; WSP PROTEIN, WOLBACHIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BRAZIL; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INSECT; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRAZIL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84929287936     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485315000085     Document Type: Article

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