Mosquito infection responses to developing filarial worms.

• Główni autorzy: Sara M Erickson (Autor), Zhiyong Xi (Autor), George F Mayhew (Autor), Jose L Ramirez (Autor), Matthew T Aliota (Autor), Bruce M Christensen (Autor), George Dimopoulos (Autor)
• Format: Książka
• Wydane: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Hasła przedmiotowe: article
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Human lymphatic filariasis is a mosquito-vectored disease caused by the nematode parasites Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi and Brugia timori. These are relatively large roundworms that can cause considerable damage in compatible mosquito vectors. In order to assess how mosquitoes respond to infe...