ヴォルバキア菌は,アノフェレス・ステフェンシの集団に侵入し,プラズモディウム感染に対する耐火性を誘発する

Guowu Bian1, Deepak Joshi, Yuemei Dong

  • 1Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|May 11, 2013
PubMed
まとめ

研究者らは,マラリア蚊であるAnopheles stephensi.で安定したWolbachia感染を確立しました. この画期的な発見は,蚊をプラズモディウム寄生虫に耐性化することによって,マラリアを制御する可能性を示しています.

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