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First report of natural Wolbachia infection in the malaria mosquito Anopheles arabiensis in Tanzania
1 Dec 2018
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BACKGROUND: Natural infections of the endosymbiont bacteria Wolbachia have recently been discovered in populations of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae (s.l.) in Burkina Faso and Mali, West Africa. This Anopheles specific strain wAnga limits the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum infections in the mosquito, thus it offers novel opportunities for malaria control. RESULTS: We investigated Wolbachia...
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