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Wolbachia-Associated Bacterial Protection in the Mosquito Aedes aegypti
BACKGROUND: Wolbachia infections confer protection for their insect hosts against a range of pathogens including bacteria, viruses, nematodes and the malaria parasite. A single mechanism that might explain this broad-based pathogen protection is immune priming, in which the presence of the symbiont...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3738474/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23951381 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002362 |