Mosquito transcriptome profiles and filarial worm susceptibility in Armigeres subalbatus.

• Main Authors: Matthew T Aliota (Author), Jeremy F Fuchs (Author), Thomas A Rocheleau (Author), Amanda K Clark (Author), Julián F Hillyer (Author), Cheng-Chen Chen (Author), Bruce M Christensen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Armigeres subalbatus is a natural vector of the filarial worm Brugia pahangi, but it kills Brugia malayi microfilariae by melanotic encapsulation. Because B. malayi and B. pahangi are morphologically and biologically similar, comparing Ar. subalbatus-B. pahangi susceptibility and Ar. subalbatus-B. m...