Rhodnius prolixus and its symbiont, Rhodococcus rhodnii: A model for paratransgenic control of disease transmission

Insect Symbiosis

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 83-95

  Durvasula, Ravi V ^a   Sundaram, Ranjini K ^a   Cordon Rosales, Celia ^b   Pennington, Pamela ^b   Beard, C Ben ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center for Health Studies   (Guatemala)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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EID: 85001013118     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203009918     Document Type: Chapter

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