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Mosquito transcriptome changes and filarial worm resistance in Armigeres subalbatus

BACKGROUND: Armigeres subalbatus is a natural vector of the filarial worm Brugia pahangi, but it rapidly and proficiently kills Brugia malayi microfilariae by melanotic encapsulation. Because B. malayi and B. pahangi are morphologically and biologically similar, the Armigeres-Brugia system serves as...

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Autores principales: Aliota, Matthew T, Fuchs, Jeremy F, Mayhew, George F, Chen, Cheng-Chen, Christensen, Bruce M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2234435/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18088420
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-8-463