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High prevalence and lack of diversity of Wolbachia pipientis in Aedes albopictus populations from Northeast Brazil.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Sept 2011
de Albuquerque Alessandra Lima, Magalhães Tereza, Ayres Constância Flávia Junqueira
Abstract excerpt
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 endosymbiont in wild Aedes albopictus. Using semi-nested polymerase chain reaction, our results showed that 99.3% of the...
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