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Retarded Onchocerca volvulus L1 to L3 larval development in the Simulium damnosum vector after anti-wolbachial treatment of the human host

BACKGROUND: The human parasite Onchocerca volvulus harbours Wolbachia endosymbionts essential for worm embryogenesis, larval development and adult survival. In this study, the development of Wolbachia-depleted microfilariae (first stage larvae) to infective third stage larvae (L3) in the insect vect...

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Autores principales: Albers, Anna, Esum, Mathias Eyong, Tendongfor, Nicholas, Enyong, Peter, Klarmann, Ute, Wanji, Samuel, Hoerauf, Achim, Pfarr, Kenneth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3311148/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22236497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-12

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