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Insulin receptor knockdown blocks filarial parasite development and alters egg production in the southern house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus

Lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis, is a painful and profoundly disfiguring disease. Wuchreria bancrofti (Wb) is responsible for >90% of infections and the remainder are caused by Brugia spp. Mosquitoes of the genera Culex (in urban and semi-urban areas), Anopheles (in rural ar...

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Autores principales: Nuss, Andrew Bradley, Brown, Mark R., Murty, Upadhyayula Suryanarayana, Gulia-Nuss, Monika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5918164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29649225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006413