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Distribution and Diversity of<i>Wolbachia</i>Infections in Southeast Asian Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)
1 May 2000
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Wolbachia are a group of intracellular inherited bacteria that infect a wide range of arthropods. They are associated with a variety of reproductive alterations in their hosts, the best known being cytoplasmic incompatability. The Wolbachia pipientis assemblage has been divided into two major groups (A and B) and 12 subgroups. We report herein the first systematic survey of Wolbachia in mosquitoes, and the first...
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