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New Insights into the Evolution of Wolbachia Infections in Filarial Nematodes Inferred from a Large Range of Screened Species

BACKGROUND: Wolbachia are intriguing symbiotic endobacteria with a peculiar host range that includes arthropods and a single nematode family, the Onchocercidae encompassing agents of filariases. This raises the question of the origin of infection in filariae. Wolbachia infect the female germline and...

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Autores principales: Ferri, Emanuele, Bain, Odile, Barbuto, Michela, Martin, Coralie, Lo, Nathan, Uni, Shigehiko, Landmann, Frederic, Baccei, Sara G., Guerrero, Ricardo, de Souza Lima, Sueli, Bandi, Claudio, Wanji, Samuel, Diagne, Moustapha, Casiraghi, Maurizio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3120775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21731626
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020843