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Midgut Barrier Imparts Selective Resistance to Filarial Worm Infection in Culex pipiens pipiens

Mosquitoes in the Culex pipiens complex thrive in temperate and tropical regions worldwide, and serve as efficient vectors of Bancroftian lymphatic filariasis (LF) caused by Wuchereria bancrofti in Asia, Africa, the West Indies, South America, and Micronesia. However, members of this mosquito comple...

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Autores principales: Michalski, Michelle L., Erickson, Sara M., Bartholomay, Lyric C., Christensen, Bruce M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2970536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21072236
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000875