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Can <i>Anopheles gambiae</i> Be Infected with <i>Wolbachia pipientis</i> ? Insights from an In Vitro System
1 Dec 2006
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Wolbachia pipientis are maternally inherited endosymbionts associated with cytoplasmic incompatibility, a potential mechanism to drive transgenic traits into Anopheles populations for malaria control. W. pipientis infections are common in many mosquito genera but have never been observed in any Anopheles species, leading to the hypothesis that Anopheles mosquitoes are incapable of harboring infection. We used an...
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