Immune Activation by Life-Shortening
                    <i>Wolbachia</i>
                    and Reduced Filarial Competence in Mosquitoes

Kambris, Zakaria; E. Cook, Peter; K. Phuc, Hoang; P. Sinkins, Steven

doi:10.1126/science.1177531

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Immune Activation by Life-Shortening Wolbachia and Reduced Filarial Competence in Mosquitoes

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Authors:

Zakaria Kambris

Peter E. Cook

Hoang K. Phuc

Abstract

Mosquito Vector Intervention Mosquitoes are responsible for causing the infection of an estimated 120 million people with the nematode worms that block the lymph system and result in the gross pathology of elephantiasis and other filariases. Kambris et al. (p. 134 ) infected vector mosquitoes with a...

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