High prevalence and lack of diversity of Wolbachia pipientis in Aedes albopictus populations from Northeast Brazil

The use of Wolbachia as a tool to control insect vectors has recently been suggested. In this context, studies on the prevalence and diversity of this bacterium in wild populations are relevant. Here, we evaluated the diversity of two Wolbachiagenes (ftsZ and wsp) and the prevalence of this endosymb...

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Main Authors: Alessandra Lima de Albuquerque, Tereza Magalhães, Constância Flávia Junqueira Ayres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2011-09-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762011000600021&lng=en&tlng=en